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  • Students stuck in US, AP unmoved

    The government seems to be least bothered about the fate of the 500 students from the state who were duped by the Tri-Valley University in Pleasanton, a suburb in the San Francisco Bay Area in the US.
    The situation, in fact, might be more serious than earlier thought as a number of students have been detained and are being interrogated by US Federal authorities as part of their investigation against the University.

    Meanwhile back home, worried parents expressed their anger at the state government for not coming to their aid despite the news breaking out on January 25. “We have made several attempts to meet the minister heading Overseas Affairs in the state but in vain. Shockingly, none of the officials in the Secretariat are in a position to say who the minister for Overseas Affairs is.

    Till recently, it was headed by Mr Sridhar Babu. However, with the change in portfolios, we were informed that Mr Sridhar Babu is no longer incharge.

    His staff informed that the portfolio had not been allotted to anyone and the Chief Minister, Mr N. Kiran Kumar Reddy, himself was monitoring it. But the Chief Minister is not in the city due to the ongoing Rachchabanda programme. We are confused about whom to approach,” said Mr Bhargava Ramakrishna, father of Mr Bhargava Sandeep, who took admission in Tri-Valley University in June last year. Some worried parents of students, who were duped by the Tri-Valley University in Pleasanton, a suburb in the San Francisco Bay Area in the US, even called up the office of the Union ministry of external affairs for help. “We were informed that the ministry has sought a report from its missions in the US. They told us that none of the affected students had approached the Indian Consulate in the US for help so far. They said they will take up the issue with the US government after it got the report from the Indian Consulate,” said Mr Jafar Ahmed, brother of Mr Azam Ahmed, another student at Tri-Valley University. Some parents are more worried as they have lost contact with their children.
    “I am trying to talk to my son since yesterday but his mobile phone is switchedoff. I am worried that he may be detained by the US police and that’s why he is not in a position to keep his mobile on,” said Mr K.
    Jagadish Chandra, father of Mr Sandeep Chandra.

    Parents said that the university had duped them after collecting `6 lakh as fees by deputing several brokers in the city to make admissions with false claims.

    Source : DC

  • Students’ Eamcet ranks to decide BE college

    HYDERABAD: Engineering colleges in the state will now be graded on the basis of the Eamcet ranks of their students. According to the three-member high power committee which is in charge of the grading, the college which took in students with the highest cut off ranks in Eamcet will be given the first rank. The logic behind the move is that the college that attracts the best students could be giving quality instruction and so it should be ranked at the top.

    But the move has not gone down well with the college managements that have come up with petitions against the grading. On Tuesday morning, engineering college associations submitted a petition to the higher level committee asking it to stop the grading process as it would make admissions impossible in colleges which have come up recently.

    The colleges said that grading should be introduced only after they are given enough time to better their facilities. “None of the colleges in the state fulfil all the criteria prescribed by the All India Council for Technical Education ( AICTE) and hence there is no point in ranking all 262 colleges,” said KVK Rao, a management representative of St Mary’s Group of Institutions.

    Meanwhile, concluding a meeting with managements, educationists and industry insiders on Tuesday, the members of the high level committee said that as per the instructions of minister for higher education, Damodar Raja Narasimha, there was no move to abandon the grading process.

    “The 10 measures of grading have already been decided and colleges will be ranked by mid-February,” said D N Reddy, member of the high power committee.

    Source : TOI

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