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  • Colleges invited for talks on Feb.16

    The stalemate between the state government and the managements of professional colleges over the payment of fee reimbursement scheme arrears continued on Saturday. The government held negotiations with the managements on Saturday after the first round of talks ended in failure on Friday.

    The government has invited them again on February 16 for talks.

    The managements, which
    had threatened to close the colleges from February 16, announced they will take a ‘final decision’ based on the outcome of the talks on February 16.

    The government owes the colleges nearly Rs3,500 crore as arrears.

    The secretary general of the Consortium of Engineering and Professional Colleges Management Associations of AP, Mr KVK Rao said, “The ministers sought time till February 16 to discuss the issue with the finance department.”

    Source : DC

  • Engineering colleges shutdown looms

    HYDERABAD: Second round of talks on fee reimbursement held between a Cabinet sub-committee and private college managements failed on Saturday. Engineering college managements which had called for a shutdown from February 16 have decided to go ahead with the strike.

    Though the government assured the college managements of a payment of Rs 600 crore as the first instalment, over 600 engineering colleges did not agree to call off the strike. A third round of meeting will be held on February 16 to resolve the reimbursement issue, management representatives said.

    “We are open to talks but the government should make a better proposal than this Rs 600 crore (proposal),” said K V K Rao, a representative of engineering college managements.

    Meanwhile, the engineering colleges under the Consortium of Private Engineering College Managements’ Association (CPECMA) said that they had never agreed to participate in the strike. “We are ready to be patient with the government. However, we want the funds to be transferred by June this year,” a CPECMA representative said.

    Source : TOI

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