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  • 160 tech colleges in AP get show cause notices.

    The CBI investigation revealed that nearly 150 colleges submitted fake FDRs amounting to `200 crore.

    The All India Council for Technical Education has issued show cause notices to 160 engineering colleges in the state for submitting fake fixed deposit receipts (FDRs) and for failing to comply with several rules on faculty and infrastructure. AICTE grants approval for new colleges provided the colleges have fulfilled all the conditions.

    This follows the recommendation of the Central Bureau of Investigation, which has inspected hundreds of colleges in the state since August last year.

    The CBI investigation revealed that nearly 150 colleges in the state submitted fake FDRs amounting Rs 200 crore. The investigation countrywide unearthed a fraud of Rs 450 crore.

    The FD required to start a new college was Rs 35 lakh, later increased to Rs 50 lakh. The FD required to Jan. 25: The FD required to start a new engineering college was `35 lakh, later it was increased to `50 lakh.

    While some colleges submitted fake FD receipts, others withdrew the money from the bank without the AICTE’s knowledge, through fraudulent means by submitting “coloured photocopies” of FDRs to the AICTE.

    The CBI inspected nearly 400 engineering colleges in and around the city since August last year, when it arrested the then AICTE member secretary, Mr Narayan Rao, who was caught accepting a bribe of `5 lakh from the management of an engineering college to grant approval.

    The CBI probe unearthed all kinds of chicanery in several engineering colleges pertaining to faculty and infrastructure. In order to get permission to operate, several colleges had submitted fake faculty lists, fake photos of the college building and were operating from temporary accommodation for several years, which was against the rules.

    The notice sent by AICTE asks the 160 colleges to show why approval granted to them should not be withdrawn. Several colleges were not paying salaries regularly to their staff for several months despite collecting fees from students.

    “We have given them two weeks to respond to our notices. Their explanations will be examined and action will be taken accordingly.

    In serious cases, we will book criminal cases,” said Prof. S.S. Mantha, chairman, AICTE.

    The college managements are said to be approaching various ministers urging them to speak to the Union HRD ministry to let them off the hook.

  • AP tech colleges, council differ over cut-off marks.

    The AICTE head made it clear that all the engineering colleges should reserve up to five per cent seats for economically backward students.

    The chairman of the All-India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), Prof. S.S. Mantha, was cornered by the managements of private engineering colleges over the new norms at an interactive session held at JNTUKukatpally on Saturday.

    While Prof. Mantha said the 50 per cent cut off marks in 10+2 is compulsory for engineering admissions from this year irrespective of the Eamcet rank, the college managements said this rule will push hundreds of colleges into crisis. They pointed out that already 95,000 seats remained vacant out of 2.8 lakh seats available in the state, and the new cut-off norm will further aggravate the problem. He also made it clear that all the engineering colleges should reserve up to five per cent of their seats for students from economically backward classes from this year. The managements also opposed this norm.
    Moreover, they found fault with the AICTE for insisting on the managements to implement the revised pay scales for faculty and for effecting steep increase in processing fee for various administrative works without addressing the “low tuition fee structure” implemented in AP.

    “The fee for engineering courses in AP is `31,000 per annum, which is the lowest in the country. With this meagre amount, you want us to maintain world-class standards. You want us to implement revised pay scales for faculty. When you are so particular about quality, you should also ensure that we are paid fees accordingly,” said Mr Madhusudhan Rao, a representative of engineering college.

    Source : DC

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