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College News Archive [June 2003]

Russian team to woo students

Jun 02, 2003: Hyderabad: Russian education is world class and yet affordable compared to any other country in the world. This is the message with which a delegation of Russian universities are in Hyderabad to attract students for courses in medicine, engineering and aviation apart from various undergraduate and postgraduate courses for academic year 2003-04. Representatives of various Russian universities said the idea is not only to explain the education scenario in their country but also to ensure that the prospective students get in touch with them directly rather than with middlemen and consultants. The medical and engineering courses in Russian universities cost around US$ 2500 to US$ 4000 a year for English medium students depending on the university and much less for students willing to take up the course in Russian medium. The delegation would make spot admission, apart from counselling the students on various courses available.

UK universities draw more students

Jun 02, 2003: Hyderabad: The UK universities are going to steal the show in comparison to the US universities on the eve of September intake from Andhra Pradesh students who opt for overseas education because of the smooth study abroad, the education policy of the country and the liberal procedure in getting an education loan here. During 1994-95, less than 100 students from the State went to the UK for higher studies; in 2002 the number crossed 1,000 and this year it is supposed to reach the peak. The duration of postgraduate courses in the UK is mostly one year and that will come within Rs 10 lakh, contrary to the US varsities where a post graduation course takes two years and costs more. It is also easier to get a visa for the UK by showing credible evidence of bank accounts.

Counselling for PG medical admissions cancelled

Jun 03, 2003: Hyderabad: The counselling for admission to post graduate medical courses in Siddhartha Medical College was cancelled, following protest by the section of the students who alleged that seats were not allotted as per rules. The following was being conducted for the increased seats. The government kept aside a few seats to be allotted under the NRI quota. The Andhra Pradesh Junior Doctors Association demanded that the seats kept aside for the NRI quota be given to the general quota. The students alleged that the seats were allotted violating the rule of reservation. They argued with the authorities about the position and forced them to stall the counselling. Meanwhile, Andhra Pradesh Junior Doctors Association said that lack of clear-cut guidelines from the government over allotment of seats resulted in this confusion. This is the second time in 10 days that counselling has been stopped. The students were made to suffer due to negligence of authorities.

Rural students ahead in PU exam

Jun 03, 2003: Bangalore: Rural candidates have sprung a surprise in this year’s 2nd pre-university examination, recording a %age of 45.91, almost a % higher than their urban counterparts. The overall pass %age stands at 45.19 as 1,88,974 candidates had cleared the examination conducted in April. The results will be notified at all PU colleges and the Pre-University Department. There are no more surprises as girls, with a pass %age of 53.79, have outdone the boys who had finished with a poor 39.43%. Among the districts, Udipi stands first with 76.59% passes, while Bidar is at the end of the list with 25.33%. English-medium candidates have fared better with 49.49%, much ahead of their counterparts who have a pass-%age of 41.26.

Teachers threaten indefinite strike

Jun 04, 2003: Hyderabad: Teachers threatened to go on strike from tomorrow, if the government failed to respond for their inter-district transfers. There were more than 1,650 applications of teachers seeking transfer, the government was not responding since three years. According to the GO 610, candidates from Telangana should be duly appointed to the teachers post in the region, but the district selection committee has selected around 15% candidates from outside. These 15% teacher candidates are ready for mutual transfer. More than 100 vacancies are yet to be filled in Hyderabad and Ranga Reddy districts and the candidates seeking transfer could be transferred to these posts. Each district has at least 50 applications seeking transfer.

Trust's gesture to minority students

Jun 04, 2003: Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Zakat and Charitable Trust has announced that it will receive applications for the financial help to continue higher studies from deserving minority students who are finding it difficult to continue with their studies due to poverty. The trust has allotted a budget of Rs 87 lakhs towards scholarships to about 5,000 male and female students of BCA, B.Ed., LLB., MCA, MBA, B.E., BUMS, BDS, MBBS, Diploma, Degree (B.Sc., B.Com.) Nursing, Pharmacy, ITI and Intermediate. Interested students can contact at their respective districts.

Concession for BC students at ANGRAU

Jun 05, 2003: Hyderabad: Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University has extended 50% concession in tuition fee to BC students in respect of two new courses being started this year (2003-04), B.Tech (Food Science) and B.Sc (Commercial Agriculture and Business Management). This concession had been already extended to SC, ST students. Tuition fee for students of the above categories is Rs 5,000/- per semester.

Engineering course fee may be fixed at Rs 22,000

Jun 05, 2003: Hyderabad: The State Government is likely to settle on Rs 22,000 fee for the Engineering courses and the G.O. to this effect is likely to be released soon. The fee in the Government colleges would be Rs 8,000. A senior official said that the fee structure recommended by a committee of experts and later approved by the Cabinet Sub-Committee was sent to the government. However there has been no indication so far that the government want to set aside the recommendations. The Government is likely to go ahead with the same fee. But the final picture will be clear only after the G.O. is issued.

Nizam college scraps B.Com course

Jun 05, 2003: Osmania University is at it again, silently withdrawing a popular course to introduce money-earner courses in the name of offering innovative courses. The B.Com course at the prestigious Nizam College is a thing of the past. It came to light only when aspirants looked for the course in the prospectus. Neither the college nor the university bothered to inform the students about scrapping of the course. Students say it is unfair to scrap such a popular course at such a prestigious college in the name of innovation. The university apparently wants to introduce B.Com (E-Commerce) and B.Com (Foreign Trade) in place of regular B.Com. But the point is that these courses are being introduced under the self-financing mode with the fee being around Rs. 10,000. Interestingly, the course has been scrapped when figures proved that commerce and arts courses are gaining popularity compared to computers.

Aptech ties up with LG for scholarship programme

Jun 06, 2003: New Delhi: Aptech Computer Education has tied up with LG Electronics to award scholarships to students aspiring for a career in Information Technology. The scholarship programme is for students in age group 16-21 pursuing undergraduate and post-graduate courses, an Aptech release said.

The students would have to appear for an online test which will assess their technical and analytical skills, it added.

SV University soon to release ICET key

Jun 06, 2003: Tirupati: Sri Venkateshwara University, which conducted the ICET-2003, the Integrated Common Entrance Test for admission to MBA and MCA courses for the year, is on the job of releasing the key for the exams. With claims by various coaching centres of the question paper containing several errors, the ICET organisers have accelerated the process to minimise the damage. Prominent among the fingers pointed out were those of the Hyderabad based Triumphant Institute of Management Education (TIME), which had recently issued a statement that as many as ten errors had been crept into papers, with five questions having no correct answer, four having more than one correct answer and one having no exact answer. The university had been in the receipt of several complaints on errors appearing in the test paper from candidates who had taken the test. When contacted, the ICET convenor initially declined to comment on the issue before the issue of the key.

BVB College to start 9 new courses

Jun 07, 2003: Hyderabad: The Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan's College of Communication and Management will introduce nine post-graduate diploma courses- three in communication and six in management studies, this year. The three courses in communication include journalism, public relation and mass communication. The other courses are marketing and sales management, business management, industrial relations and personnel management, international trade, marketing and advertising and financial management. Applications for admission to various courses offered by the college will be available at the Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan's College of Communication and Management.

T.N. Engineering counselling put off by a week

Jun 07, 2003: Chennai: The Anna University, coordinating body for Tamil Nadu engineering admissions, has put off counselling by a week. The exercise for physically disabled candidates will be held on June 30 and for vocational stream students on July 1 and 2. The decision was taken by the TNEA 2003 coordination committee. Counselling was originally slated to start on June 23. The All-India Council for Technical Education would complete the process of approving an increase in the intake in existing courses or allowing new courses only on June 30, hence the postponement.

Cabinet amends admission rules for non-aided technical institutions

Jun 09, 2003: Bhopal: There would be no category of free or payment seats for students taking admissions in non-aided private technical institutions in the current academic session. Fifty % seats in all the non-aided technical institutions and those offering professional courses would be reserved for bonafide residents of Madhya Pradesh. A decision to this effect was taken by state cabinet, which met under chairmanship of Chief Minister Digvijay Singh.

The cabinet also fixed the annual tuition and development fees for 2003-04 sessions for private technical institutions offering professional and engineering courses. Five % of the remaining 50 % seats would be reserved for their respective management. One-third of five % seats would further be reserved for NRI candidates. The management would fill the seats reserved for it only by the candidates who appeared in entrance test conducted by Professional Examination Board and secured cut-off or more marks. In case of non-availability of NRI candidates vacancies would be filled from seats reserved for management. In case management does not fill the seats reserved for it, the state government would do it.

Counselling for teacher's promotion postponed

Jun 09, 2003: Hyderabad: The promotion counselling for school assistants and its equivalent cadres and rationalisation and transfer of counselling to secondary grade teachers (SGTs), scheduled to be held from June 9, is postponed till further orders. The decision was taken in view of certain amendments issued to the service rules enabling relaxation of two years for acquiring qualification to the in-service teachers, according to a release.

Inter supplementary practical exam from tomorrow

Jun 10, 2003: Hyderabad: The supplementary practical examination of the Intermediate will be held from June 11 to 16. They will be held at Government Junior College, Kachiguda, for the students of twin cities and at BHEL Government Junior College for the students of Ranga Reddy district. Practical examination for vocational students will be held at their respective colleges.

OU to announce BA, B.Com results

Jun 10, 2003: Hyderabad: The results of BA/B.Com (year-wise) annual examinations of the Osmania University held during the month of March/April 2003 have been released. The results will be displayed at the Examination Branch, Osmania University campus. The results along with marks are also put on the university website www.osmania.ac.in and at www.ouresults.com. The memorandum of marks can be collected from the respective colleges after June 20. The last date for applying for the revaluation/recounting is June 30.

THPI sets last date for B.Ed applications' submission

Jun 11, 2003: Hyderabad: The last date for submission of application forms for the B.Ed course at Thakur Hari Prasad Institute of Research and Rehabilitation for the Mentally Handicapped in June 30. The course is offered in a distance education mode by the Madhya Pradesh Bhoj Open University, Bhopal in association with the Rehabilitation Council of India. Admissions to these courses are open and interested candidates can obtain application form from the institute located at Dilsukhnagar. The candidates applying for this should have a Bachelors Degree from any recognised university.

AICTE to regulate foreign universities in India

Jun 12, 2003: Chennai: A flood of advertisements in the media, released in the name of foreign universities and education service providers promising students herewith new programmes and learning opportunities in foreign lands is now a serious cause for concern for regulatory bodies. Some of the advertisements are issued by foreign universities claiming to offer degree and diploma programmes for study done in those institutions abroad; others say they have ties with their Indian universities, to offer courses by way of 'twinning programmes' i.e., part of the course is done in India and another part in the foreign institution to ultimately get a degree/diploma from the foreign provider. To regulate the entry and operation of foreign universities/institutions imparting technical education in India, the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) used its statutory powers to evolve some regulations, which has been gazetted by the Union Government.

House panel seeks reservations for SCs in private institutions

Jun 12, 2003: Hyderabad: The House Committee on Scheduled Caste Welfare has recommended that 15% of the seats in all private educational institutions be reserved for Scheduled Castes. The Government should take measure for implementation of reservation for Scheduled Castes in Private Institutions. The committee warned the heads of the department would be held responsible for failure to fill up Scheduled Caste backlog vacancies before July 31 as directed by the government.

OU websites draw a blank

Jun 12, 2003: Osmania University is in the news again for all the wrong reasons. Thanks to the delay in announcing the degree results coupled with technical glitch wherein the university websites, which had the results hosted on them, refusing to open. Students are unable to access the results even after two days of them being released, which only reflects the callous attitude of the university. Lakhs of students who eagerly awaited the results rushed to various cyber cafes only to return disappointed and angry. University officials too agreed that they failed to anticipate such scenario. Meanwhile, the students allege that the university deliberately created problems so as to make more money for its examination branch, where a duplicate copy of marks sheet was being provided of Rs 25. There are lakhs of students and by this one can imagine how much money the university would have released.

IGNOU to offer diploma courses on AIDS education

Jun 13, 2003: Hyderabad: For the first time in the country, two formal courses, a six-month certificate course and a one-year diploma course on 'HIV and Family Education' will be offered by the Indira Gandhi Open University from the next (2004) academic year. The university had prepared "value-based study material that is in harmony with Indian culture and social structure". The course will be provided at six IGNOU study centres in the state and depending on enrolment, the university will consider offering it at more study centres. IGNOU had also signed memorandums of understanding with universities in Kenya and Namibia to offer the course in those countries. An introduction to counselling will form part of the course so that after the completion of the course and expert training, the students can opt for AIDS counselling.

Intermediate exam centre cancelled

Jun 13, 2003: Hyderabad: The Board of Intermediate Education has cancelled the examination centre at Siddhartha Junior College (No. 4446) in Suryapaet, Nalgonda for the June 2003 Intermediate Advance Supplementary Examinations for the fraudulent handling of answer scripts of a student in the March Intermediate Public Examination. BIE commissioner B Kripanadam said students of Siddartha College would be shifted to Nalanda Junior College (No. 4428) in Suryapet. He said a show-cause notice had been issued for disaffiliation and for action. The commissioners had informed all the principals of Junior colleges to collect the first and second year college nominal rolls, hall-tickets, centre nominal rolls, 'D' forms and attendance sheets of June 2003 Intermediate Advanced Supplementary Examinations from the respective regional inspection officers.

40 colleges spurn Govt fiat, to admit students on their own

Jun 14, 2003: Bangalore: A fresh crisis is brewing on the professional education front in Karnataka with 40 colleges revolting against the State Government policy on admissions. They have decided to conduct admissions on their own through a single-window agency. Interestingly, the development comes just a day after the Fee Regulatory Committee finalised its fee structure for professional courses. Apparently, these colleges are not happy with the fee structure announced. The 'dissident' colleges have activated what was earlier viewed in some quarters only as pressure tactics and a threat: The Consortium of Medical, Engineering and Dental Colleges of Karnataka. The COMED will now conduct admissions to its member-colleges, and will not accept students sponsored by the Common Entrance Test (CET) Cell. The last date for applying to COMED member colleges is July 3. The COMED will make merit-based selection against 50% of seats. The merit for these seats will be decided on the basis of candidate's performance in the qualifying examination and also in the common entrance test which the COMED will conduct on its own. The rest of the seats will be filled up based on the candidates' performance in the qualifying examination.

Fee for engineering seats fixed

Jun 14, 2003: Hyderabad: The government issued a G.O. announcing fee structure for the engineering colleges in the state. It has fixed Rs 22,000 fee for the seats in the private colleges and Rs 8,000 for the seats in the university colleges. For the management quota seats, the private colleges could charge up to Rs 75,000. For the seats in the minority colleges, the colleges have to fill up 55% of total seats on merit basis, 30% through the convenor quota and the remaining 15% through the management quota.

ICET results of SV University released

Jun 14, 2003: Tirupati: The results of the Integrated Common Entrance Test (ICET-2003), conducted on May 28 by Sri Venkateshwara University for admitting candidates into MBA and MCA courses, will be released here on Sunday. The university's Vice-Chancellor, P. Murali, will release the results in his chambers at 5 PM. The results have also been made available on the website http://svu.ac.in, http://svu.ac.in/icet .html. The ICET convenor, D. Changal Raju, said rank cards would be posted to the candidates later.

Indo-German institute for in-service engineers

Jun 14, 2003: Visakhapatnam: The State Government, with an intension of enhancing skills of in-service engineering and technical staff in small and medium scale industries, will set up an institute of technology in Visakhapatnam in collaboration with Germany. The institute, christened as Indo-German Institute of Technology, for which a memorandum of understanding was signed between the two governments in March this year, will be opened in December this year. The proposed institute will train in-service engineers and technicians to improve their skills and update their knowledge with modern technology.

The topics to be covered are automation, industrial process control, infrastructure and environmental engineering, information technology and integrated electrical and mechanical maintenance. Germany's share is 2.8 million Euros which would be in the form of technical assistance, modern technology and expertise, while the state government will chip in with Rs 4 crore to be used for the maintenance of the institute. Besides providing training to in-service technical employees, the institute will also have an advanced regional centre for PG engineering students.

Canadian college to admit more foreign students

Jun 15, 2003: Hyderabad: The Hope Overseas Educational Consultant organised a seminar on educational opportunities available at Red River College, Manitoba in Canada. Ashwin Bhambri, the official representative of the college for India, said that the college was opening up for more number of foreign students. The college offers one-year technical certificate courses in Power Engineering, Precision Metal Manufacturing, Aerospace Manufacturing, Professional Banking and Radiation Therapy for both students and professionals having work experience for a considerable period. Graduates can pursue one-year advanced diplomas in International Business, Technical Management, Geographic Information System and Magnetic Source Imaging. The total expenditure for the course will come around 12,000 to 15,000 Canadian dollars per annum which is almost 3.5 to 5 lakh Indian rupees. The eligibility criterion is the IELTS, in case the candidate fails to perform well during the face-to-face counselling. Only a genuine bank account will suffer for getting a student visa. Even after the course, the student can get one-year work permit.

Engineering counselling likely to begin in July

Jun 15, 2003: Hyderabad: With the issue of GO finalising the fee structure for the engineering seats in the state, the government is now gearing up to commence counselling for the admissions to the engineering colleges in the second week of July. The technical education department has initially planned to start the counselling process in the last week of June and wanted to wrap it up by the end of July. But the delay in issuing the GO regarding the fee structure has forced the department to defer the counselling process. Further, the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) is yet to give its clearance for over 85 engineering colleges to be started from the current academic year. It has already given permission to 125 colleges by the end of second week of June. If AICTE gives clearance to these colleges in the last week of July, the counselling would begin in the second week of July. Moreover, the government is of the view that the process should not affect the students who would be busy with the IIT admissions and AIEEE counselling. The counselling would be conducted in Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam, Tirupati, Guntur and Warangal.

Five Junior Colleges derecognised

Jun 15, 2003: Hyderabad: The Board of Intermediate Education (BIE) derecognised five junior colleges. These colleges are Goutham Junior College, Old City; Narayana Junior College, Secunderabad; Vijayawada Nalanda Junior College, Secunderabad; Sri Chaitanya Junior College, S R Nagar and Guntur Vikas Junior College, Hasbiguda. Students have been cautioned not to seek admission into these colleges. Meanwhile, all junior college principals of the twin cities and Ranga Reddy district have been told to collect hall-tickets from the regional inspection officer for holding the intermediate advanced supplementary examinations in June. The principals were asked to collect D Forms, photo identity attendance sheets, time-table copies, O M R forms, main answer books and additional answer books.

Admissions on at Govt City College

Jun 16, 2003: Hyderabad: Government City College has started admissions procedures for girls in all restructured, vocational and conventional subjects. Admissions are open for Tourism and Travel Management in the BA faculty along with another vocational course in Tourism and Travel Management in the commerce faculty. Admissions are also open for courses in Microbiology, Biochemistry, Electronics, and Computer Sciences besides degree courses like MPC and BZC. The last date for submission of application forms is June 21.

BRAOU extends last date for UG admissions

Jun 16, 2003: Hyderabad: The BR Ambedkar Open University (BRAOU) has extended the last date for admissions to the undergraduate courses for the academic year 2003-04 till July 5. Second year degree students should pay their tuition fees on or before August 5 after which fine will be charged. The fee should be paid through post office, identified by respective study circles, by obtaining postal sticker along with remittance slip-cum-optional choosing form. Similarly, third year students are required to pay the tuition fees on or before July 5.

Vocational education to become aptitude-based

Jun 16, 2003: Hyderabad: The vocational education in State is set to be modelled on the lines of courses available in Australia, Germany and other countries. The skill-based training which takes aptitude into consideration is expected to take vocational education into a new realm. A higher education panel, led by Higher Education Minister N Md Farooq and comprising Higher Education secretary G. Sudhir, Board of Intermediate Education commissioner B. Kripanandam and AP State Council for Higher Education, Prof V Jayarami Reddy has visited Australia, Germany, Britain and Malaysia to study the ‘best practices’ adopted in these countries for successful implementation of vocational education in junior colleges.

All set for Inter supplementary exam

Jun 17, 2003: Hyderabad: The Intermediate Advanced Supplementary Examination (theory) will be held from June 18 to 25. All arrangements have been made for smooth conduct of the examination. About 7,18,290 candidates would be taking the examination at 1,740 colleges that have been designated as examinationcentres. District Collectors, Superintendents and Commissioner of Police have been asked to extend full cooperation to the officers of the Education Department. A Control Room has been opened in the offices of the Board of Intermediate Examination with the facsimile number 040-24655027.

CIEFL launches B.Ed programme

Jun 17, 2003: Hyderabad: The State Government will consider the P.G. Diploma in Teacher Education (distance mode) offered by the Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages (CIEFL) as equivalent to B.Ed offered by other teacher training colleges, according to Manmohan Singh, Commissioner and Director of School Education. Mr. Singh, who was speaking at the launch of B.Ed (English) programme offered by the CIEFL, said that orders to this effect would be issued soon.

He said the B.Ed (English) would be of immense help to teachers who are looking to specialise in English as teachers. He reminded that they have great employment opportunity with some State Government creating school assistant posts in English. The State created 8,000 such posts recently and many were vacant for want of qualified candidates. The Andhra Pradesh State Council of Higher Education (APSCHE) Chairman, C. Subba Rao, called for integration of education psychology and education technology so that teachers can impart their best to students. The course, which would be offered through single methodology, has 60 students selected through an All India entrance test.

ICET toppers prefer management to computer applications

Jun 17, 2003: Hyderabad: The choice of the top 10 rankers of this year's Integrated Common Entrance Test (ICET), held to admit students to MBA and MCA, is management rather than the computer applications course. Interestingly, nine out of the top 10 have engineering degrees. "We all wanted to pursue management course despite being engineers as it offers a wide scope to learn and lot of challenges in the job", they said in unison. However none of them would be joining any management school as they are already assured of admission to the prestigious Indian Institute of Management. The budding managers felt that a focussed approach and guidance from experienced persons would help the students crack the best of scores and attributed a fair share of their success to the coaching at TIME. Interestingly, all these students got the rank in the first attempt itself. Most of the students would choose the colleges based on their placement record, faculty, infrastructure and location. In this view the campus colleges of all the universities were a safe bet, while the rest can be placed on top based on their faculty and placement record.

Cabinet panel to vet fees for professional courses

Jun 20, 2003: Bangalore: The suspense over the fee structure for medical, dental and engineering courses continues as the Cabinet referred the structure already evolved to its sub-committee for a scrutiny. The Fee Regulatory Committee headed by additional chief secretary VKK Gore, had on June 12 finalised the fee structure for professional courses and submitted its recommendations to the State Government for its nod. The six-member Cabinet sub-committee headed by Law Minister DB Chandre Gowda will study the fee structure and make its recommendations before the Cabinet.

Medical and dental fees to be finalised

Jun 20, 2003: Hyderabad: The government will soon finalise the fee structure for 14 private medical colleges and 11 dental colleges in the state, which will pave a way for the commencement of counselling for medical college seats. The statutory reservation for SC, ST and BCs is now mandatory in private medical colleges in the state. The seats have been classified into four categories. In the A category, 25% of seats will be filled up by the convenor in the open category based on the rank in Eamcet-2003. Another 25% of seats allocated to B category which would be filled up by SC, ST and BC candidates based on the Eamcet rank by the convenor. According to the highly-placed sources, the government is likely to fix a fee for the A and B category seats in between Rs 50,000 to 75,000 per annum, for C category it would be between Rs 1.5 to 1.75 lakh per annum and Rs 4 lakh per annum for the seats in the D category. There are 1,600 medical seats in the private medical colleges. For the dental seats, the fee structure would be between Rs 30,000 to 50,000 per annum for both A and B category, Rs 60,000 to Rs 1.2 lakh per annum for the C category and Rs 2 lakh per annum for the D category seats.

President for reduction in cost of education

Jun 20, 2003: Chennai: President APJ Abdul Kalam expressed concern over commercialisation of education and advocated reduction of cost of higher studies. Interacting with about 1,000 faculty members of the Anna University and self-financing engineering colleges, Kalam said “education cannot be free. The affordable have to pay but commercialisation cannot be allowed.” However he “personally” believed that the cost of education must be brought down. There were methods to reduce the cost which he could share if institutions communicated with him. Earlier delivering a special lecture on Engineering Education and National Development he said the purpose of university education should be to transform students into citizens who would give something in return to the society. Quoting a Texas-based professor, he said teachers must develop in students the capacity in research and inquiry; capacity for creativity and innovation; capacity to use high technology; capacity for entrepreneurial leadership; and creativity and moral leadership.

Reorientation of veterinary education stressed

Jun 20, 2003: Hyderabad: Representatives of CALPI, a subsidiary of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation of Swiss Government, held talks with the senior faculty of veterinary colleges of Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University on future collaboration. The collaboration is aimed at facilitating reorientation of veterinary education to effectively equip veterinary professionals to take care of the emerging diverse responsibilities in the field.

AP students strike it big in IIT entrance

Jun 21, 2003: Hyderabad: Nearly 500 students from the State would get into the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) this year. The results were declared on Friday. The Ramaiah coaching institute fared well with 105 of the total 125 students clearing the top examinations. Mr. Ramaiah said the number of students from the State increased this year. Last year 416 students got admitted into the IITs. Meanwhile, the corporate colleges too fared well with their students scoring good marks. The Narayana Educational Institutions said that 113 of its students from the State emerged successful. P. Narayana, Chairman of the institutions, said 145 more students from its coaching institute in Kota, Rajasthan also got into the prestigious IITs taking the total to 258. The Sri Chaitanya educational Institutions said nine of its students figured in the top 100 ranks which include 18, 19, 23, 27, 32 and 50. A total of 120 students from these institutions would get admissions in the seven IITs this year. The Vikas Educational Institutions claimed that 26 of its students cleared the final examination.

COMEDK not to have separate entrance test

Jun 21, 2003: Bangalore: The Consortium of Medical, Engineering and Dental Colleges of Karnataka (COMEDK) announced it will hold any parallel common entrance test for admissions to its member colleges. In a separate development, however, six out of 14 engineering colleges that were part of the consortium have quit and agreed to accept the Government’s CET-sponsored students. In fact, the notification inviting applications for admissions to MBBS, BDS, and BE clearly mentions that merit-based selections for admission through COMEDK for member institutions will be based on performance in qualifying examinations and Common Entrance Test of the Karnataka State Government. The COMEDK, which initiated claimed a membership of 40 colleges including 14 engineering, 12 medical and 12 dental colleges, is now short of six engineering colleges.

145 booked for exam malpractices

Jun 23, 2003: Hyderabad: As many as 145 students were booked for malpractices in various offences at the Intermediate advanced supplementary examinations June 2003. The highest number of 34 cases was booked in Mahabubnagar district followed by West Godavari with 17. Three impersonation cases have been booked at Government Junior College for Girls at Mahabubnagar. No further untoward incident had been reported. The examination in Physics paper I, economics paper I, classical language paper-I, Physics paper-II, economics paper II and classical language paper-II for general stream of students were held on Sunday. In all, 4,98, 051 students were registered for general papers and 5,196 candidates for vocational subject papers.

JNTU sets up cell for entrepreneurship

Jun 23, 2003: With 217 engineering colleges and more than 67,000 seats, students aspiring for an engineering seat in Andhra Pradesh never had it so good. With more than 70 engineering colleges awaiting the nod of AICTE to begin the classes during this academic year, supply will soon outstrip demand. It may even reach a situation where there will be no need for an Eamcet, at least in the engineering stream. The students from engineering colleges will have to look beyond just a job. One such effort is recently launched and Entrepreneurship Development Cell, of the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad. The cell, which is located within the premises of the Civil Engineering department of the University at Kukatpally, aims at being a catalyst for budding entrepreneurs. The EDC, which is supported by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India will be an institutional mechanism for providing services including information to budding entrepreneurs from Science and Technology. This will be initiated by introducing an entrepreneurship development element in curriculum at the degree and diploma programmes at the JNTU and its affiliated colleges. The EDC will also guide and assist prospective entrepreneurs in preparing project reports obtaining project approvals, loans and facilities from agencies of support system and information on technologies available.

Issuance of BRAOU application forms

Jun 24, 2003: Hyderabad: Dr B R Ambedkar Open University is issuing application forms for direct admissions into BA, B.Com, B.Sc nurses as well as for single subject study at the degree level. The application forms are available at 24 identified study centres and also at the university. The last date for issue and submission of applications for direct admission is July 5. For single subject course, the last date is July 17. The university will issue application forms for admission into MBA programme for the academic year 2003-04 shortly. All the ICET 2003 passed candidates who want to apply for MBA programme can obtain the application forms from the university headquarters or from the identified MBA programme study centres in the State.

Miffed at fee, students mar BA counselling

Jun 24, 2003: Hyderabad: Protests marred the counselling for BA courses at the Nizam College with a section of students questioning the mode of admission and fee structure. Though the admission was scheduled to begin at 10 AM. It was only after three hours that the college officials could start the process. Students belonging to the SC and ST category protested against the collection of full fee for various self-financing courses. Some students alleged that they were not allowed to take admission for B.Com general courses and were, instead, forced to opt for B.Com e-Commerce. Sources said that those SC/ST students who failed to secure admissions for various courses would be recalled after July 1 depending on the availability of seats in various courses. Meanwhile, a sizeable number of students resented the reduction in the number of optional in BA courses. The college reduced the optional from 18 to six from this academic year.

Apprenticeship mela gets underway

Jun 25, 2003: Hyderabad: Technical education minister N Anjaneyulu asked more government organisations to come forward and take part in apprenticeship melas and provide opportunities for students to obtain training and jobs. Inaugurating a four-day ‘Apprenticeship Mela’ at Kamala Nehru Polytechnic for Women, he said the apprenticeship training programme would prevent freshers from getting frustrated. Besides it would also provide the right kind of direction. Over 800 engineering diploma holders and 1000 engineering graduates visited the mela on the first day. About 40 organisations from both the public and private sectors are participating in the mela. Some of the participants include power distribution companies CPDCL, NPDCL, SPDCL, Hindustan Aeronautics, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, Nuclear Fuel Complex, National Remote Sensing Agency, Andhra Pradesh Foods and Chaitanya Bharati Engineering College. Board of Apprenticeship Training said it was mandatory for the public and private sector organisations to provide apprenticeship training for students according to the Apprenticeship Act, 1965.

Govt fee proposal flayed

Jun 25, 2003: Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh Junior Doctors Association (APJUDA) has criticised the government’s proposed fee structure for private medical colleges, which once implemented, will make medical education in the state costlier. APJUDA president Dr B Prabhakar said the so-called ‘free merit seats’ are no longer free. Fifty % of the seats will cost Rs 55,000 per student per year and 25% of them will cost between Rs 1.6 lakh to 2 lakh. The remaining 25% of the seats will cost around Rs 4 lakh, the APJUDA president said. The new proposed fee structure is a blow to the dreams and aspirations to the meritorious students who are poor as they will not be able to afford medical education. The APJUDA has also demanded the government should disclose the number of seats under the reserved category and has challenged the government for an open debate on the proposed fee structure.

BIE college to train lecturers

Jun 26, 2003: Hyderabad: The Board of Intermediate Education (BIE) has established an academic staff training college which will begin functioning from July 1, higher education minister N Md Farroq said. He said that the objective of the college was to train principals and junior lecturers in academic year and related activities like question paper setting, examination system, evaluation and marking, grading system and other matters. The institute will conduct symposia, seminars and advanced reading skills for the faculty. Intermediate Education Commissioner B Kripanandam said that short-term certificate courses in specific vocational trades will be introduced in the present academic year. Bio-technology will also be introduced as a subject at the Intermediate level. The minister said that the panels for promotions of junior lecturers and lecturers of government degree colleges were being prepared as per the guidelines. Farooq said that the proposal for appointment of contract junior lecturers were being finalised.

Counselling for Eamcet after GO on Ecet

Jun 26, 2003: Hyderabad: The schedule for counselling for admission to professional courses through Engineering, Agriculture and Medical Common Entrance Test (Eamcet) will be decided only after the issue of a government order for Ecet-FDH (engineering common entrance test for diploma holders) admission of engineering diploma holders. The %age of seats have been decided and the government order 32 in respect of university colleges, GO 33 for unaided non-minority colleges and GO 34 in aided minority colleges have been issued. As much as 30% of the seats will be decided by the Eamcet convenor. The Eamcet admission had tentatively been fixed for June 27 and ECET (FDH) admissions for June 5. Meanwhile APSCHE officials have issued notification inviting applications for special categories for Eamcet admissions.

Universitas 21 Global launches e-MBA programme in India

Jun 26, 2003: Getting an MBA degree from Universities abroad, that too sitting at home will be a reality for MBA aspirants in India. Universitas 21 Global, an online university having affiliations with 16 global universities, has launched an online MBA programme in India. The e-University headquartered in Singapore is a $50 million joint venture between Thompson Learning and Universitas 21, an international network of 17 global universities, with both the partners investing $25 million each.

While the online university targets 500 enrolments worldwide, it expects 40 enrollments from India alone in the first year for its MBA programme. The first batch of MBA courses would start in July 2003, offering 21 subjects. The programme will cost about $9,000. 16 universities including University of Birmingham, National University of Singapore, University of Glasgow, among others, accredit the degree provided by Universitas 21 Global. The MBA programme can be completed in 18 months and the maximum time period given to a student is five years.

Deemed varsity may spell doom

Jun 27, 2003: Hyderabad: An ‘international institute’, which is promoting itself as a deemed university without even getting a nod from the University Grants Commission (UGC), is charging exorbitant sums from students for various courses on offer. The South Asia International Institute (SAII) located at Hyderabad is charging Rs 1,31,500 as tuition fee per annum from students who have been selected from across the country in various disciplines. The tuition fee for the first semester has been fixed at Rs 65,750. The South Asia International Institute, which has publicised itself as belonging to the Sylvan International Universities (SIU) network, has attracted students from 19 states across the country and will commence its first academic from August 11, 2003. Admissions are in progress for undergraduate courses in computer science and engineering, electronic engineering and telecommunication engineering.

Govt issues order for counselling

Jun 27, 2003: Hyderabad: The government has issued the order for counseling for admission to engineering courses through the engineering common entrance test for diploma holders (ECET-FDH-2003). Admissions will begin from July 2. As the much-awaited government order for ECET admissions had been issued and the admissions dates finalised, the schedule for Eamcet admissions will be decided soon, according to the AP State Council of Higher Education. The admission through ECET (FDH) will be held from July 2 to 12 at five centres including Hyderabad, Tirupathi, Guntur, Warangal and Visakhapatnam. Of the 63,000 seats for engineering courses, 10% of the seats will be set aside for late entry or those joining directly into the second year engineering.

B.Com counselling second phase on

Jun 28, 2003: The Department of Commerce in Osmania University is holding the second phase of counseling for admissions into B.Com (honours) for the academic year 2003-04 to fill up a few vacancies, on June 29 at 10:00 AM. The counseling will be held in department of Commerce in Osmania University campus. The candidates who have qualified in the entrance examination conducted by the department and desire to join the course may attend the counseling with all relevant documents.

Private medical colleges pull out of talks with Govt

Jun 28, 2003: Hyderabad: Disappointment over the State Government’s refusal to concede them more fee for seats in the paid category in the five-year MBBS and BDS courses, the Andhra Pradesh Private Medical and Dental Colleges Managements’ Association announced that it was pulling out from the negotiations with the officials. The State Government has set up a 10-member panel comprising five from the medical and health department and five from the private medical colleges association to finalise a fee structure in view of the Supreme Court’s verdict. While private colleges have been demanding an average fee of Rs 1.75 lakh for each student per annum on an intake of 100, the government is understood to have offered Rs 1.20 lakh. The same is Rs 1.10 lakh and Rs 90,000 respectively for the BDS course. The stalemate also continued also continued on the %age of seats to be filled in by the Eamcet convenor and the college managements. While the managements have been insisting on 50% payment seats, the officials are ready to concede only 25%.

Eamcet cut-off mark for BCs may be reduced

Jun 30, 2003: Hyderabad: The Government is likely to reduce the cut-off mark for the Eamcet admissions for students belonging to backward classes. This is to ensure that the seats allocated for BC students are filled from among those who qualified in the Eamcet. Responding to the requests of the members of the Backward Classes Welfare Association to further reduce the cut-off marks from the existing 30%, the government is likely to give the nod. At 30% cut-off of marks, the candidates have to score 48 marks from the total 160 to qualify Eamcet. Further reduction would be a compromise on the performance standards, but considering the available seats to the total number of candidates who had qualified, the government is likely to consider the cut, according to the AP State Council of Higher Education.

This year 89, 743 candidates qualified for the 64,000 Eamcet seats as against more than 1,28,147 lakh candidates qualified last year contesting for about 62,000 seats. The number of seats has increased, with nine new engineering colleges beginning operation this year. The members of the backward classes are apprehensive that the category seats would fall vacant as the number of candidates who had qualified from among them is much lesser. In view of this, they want the government to further pull down the cut-off marks.

Ed.CET hall tickets full of errors

Jun 30, 2003: Hyderabad: Even when the chapter of problems being faced by Ed.CET 2002 candidates regarding B.Ed admissions is not yet over, Ed.CET 2003 candidates are facing problems from the beginning itself. The candidates appearing for Ed.CET 2003 to be held on July 6 have been issued hall tickets with lots of errors. Some hall tickets have wrong addresses and two centres marked on them. Many others have been issued more than one hall ticket with different centres and different media. With hardly one week left for the entrance test, the candidates are forced to run helter skelter to the Osmania University offices, seeking solutions to their problems rather than preparing for the exam itself.

EDC at JNTU sets up database for SSIs

Jun 30, 2003: Hyderabad: The Entrepreneurship Development Cell (EDC), set up recently at Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU), has prepared a database of nearly 10,000 small-scale industries in the state for the budding entrepreneurs. The development cell, which gets about Rs 10 lakh every year from the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, has also identified National Institute of Small Industries Extension and Training, Small Industries Services Institute and (SISI) and National Small Industries Corporation Limited to help students by providing information and guidance on preparing proposals, sources of funding and location. Apart from this, the cell would also provide guidance on the marketing strategies for the overall entrepreneurship development. The cell would also help more than 60,000 students in 217 colleges that are affiliated to the university. Any student who has an engineering background can apply for this Entrepreneurship Development Cell. Besides, the EDC would organise an entrepreneurship Awareness Camp. The Camp is expected to draw more than 500 students who would be taught and provided with all the information.

Telugu gets raw deal as this varsity waits for computersation

Jun 30, 2003: Hyderabad: Potti Sriramulu Telugu University will have to wait till 2007 for the computerisation of its library. The university was granted a core budget of Rs 6.5 lakh by the University Grants Commission (UGC). The amount was utilised to buy six computer systems apart from creating the needed accommodations. According to NIFLIBNET, Ahmedabad and varsity, UGC should provide more than Rs 72,000 towards maintenance and ratro conversion. Though the varsity has already completed computerisation of nearly 1,500 books till date, it is still waiting for the first year grant from the UGC. While the library contains more than one lakh books both English and Telugu, automation of only 50,000 English books are supposed to be done in the first phase of which only 1,500 have been completed.

 
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