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College News Archive [February 2003]

50% of seats of B.Ed admissions to minority colleges

Feb 01, 2003: Hyderabad: Chief Justice Motilal B Naik and Justice G Rohini comprising a division bench of the Andhra Pradesh Court suspended two clauses in the State Government order of December 2002, directing that 50% of the seats in B.Ed course in aided minority institutions shall be filled by candidates sponsored by the convener of EDCET 2002 and directing the unaided minority colleges of education to admit candidates belonging to minority community concerned as per ranks in EDCET 2002. The bench made the interim order in a batch of writ petition filed by minority aided and unaided educational institutions challenging the impugned clauses being contrary to recent pronouncement of Supreme Court.

Procedure for admission to private colleges are taken as a challenge

Feb 01, 2003: Hyderabad: The state government is expected to issue an order in three or four days, announcing some challenges in admission procedure to private educational institutions in the state. A proposal calling for changes had been submitted to the government by higher education department officials taking a note of problems faced by students seeking admissions to such institutions, particularly minority colleges. "The admission procedure for professional courses at private colleges needs to be fair. Candidates achieving high ranks in Eamcet, Lawcet, Edcet and other entrance tests cannot be forced to write separate entrance tests by private institutions", the official said.

AU Commerce department selected as centre of excellence

Feb 03, 2003: Visakapatnam: the University Grants Commission has selected the Department of Commerce and Management Studies, Andhra University, as one of the centres of excellence in commerce and management education. The department has also been given a special assistance programme (SAP) under Phase III along with a sanction of Rs 32.25 lakh to take up a study on ‘industrialisation of north and east coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh with special reference to development of small industries’. The aim of the project is to study the problems and prospects of the existing small and tiny sector industrial units of the north-eastern coastal districts.

IIT aspirants get success tips

Feb 03, 2003: Hyderabad: Aspirants of IIT-Joint Entrance Examination had a feel of the intricacies involved in emerging successful at a seminar organised by Vijayawada by Nalanda IIT-JEE Coaching Centre. Gautam Samanth, an expert in IIT coaching, said aspiring for IIT should have strong motivation and self-discipline apart from confidence to achieve the goals. Unlike other tests the IIT entrance tests students in totality rather than just knowledge acquired through books. He said there were 4,369 seats in IIT’s and added that the goal could be achieved through hard work and methodical approach to the test. Pandey, an expert in Physics, explained a few tips on how to study better and make optimal use of time.

University teachers to stage dharna

Feb 03, 2003: Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh Federation of University Teacher’s Association (APFUTA) will hold a dharna on February 25th to protest the “indifferent” attitude of the state government towards their problems. Addressing the press conference, association Chairman B Bucha Reddy criticised the government for not releasing the funds to clear the salary arrears of the university teachers. While the government college teachers are given promotion under the career scheme, the university teachers are not being extended the same benefit. Stressing the importance of executive councils and academic senates, he said the government had not reconstituted them for the last eight years. Both were essential for the formulating policies for universities.

Eamcet notification to be issued soon

Feb 04, 2003: Hyderabad: The notification for conducting the Engineering, Agriculture and Medical Common Entrance Test (Eamcet-2003) will be issued in a few days. The government has already decided to conduct the test on April 26th. Despite the prevailing confusion over admitting students into unaided professional colleges, and on the minimum qualification marks, the government has decided to go ahead and conduct Eamcet.

Meet calls for hike in grace marks

Feb 04, 2003: Hyderabad: There was an unanimous call by principals and junior lecturers of government and aided junior colleges for increasing the number of grace marks given to students. This appeal came at the one-day workshop on the ‘Evaluation Training Programme’ that was held for principals and college teachers by the Board of Intermediate Education. They wanted to give more grace marks in order to be successful in examinations. The pass %age at the intermediate level last year was 47% for languages and this was even lower in the case of the English language and hence they decided to increase the pass %age.

PG programme in agricutural journalism

Feb 04, 2003: Hyderabad: The National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management has started a one-year postgraduate programme in agriculture journalism and mass communication. Launching the programme, Union agricultural secretary Mohan Kanda said that the gap between the availability and accessibility of information to farmers was very high in the country. While million hectares of land was under cultivation and agriculture was contributing 20% to the GDP and 30% to the exports, hardly any information was being disseminated to farmers on the agri sector. The agricultural journalism would continue to grow as the need to interpret science to various audiences, particularly farming community increases.

CIEFL to offer English course

Feb 05, 2003: Hyderabad: The Central Institute Of English and Foreign Language (CIEFL) is planning to offer a five-weeks proficiency course in English from February 25th. The students who are undergoing Intermediate and Graduation are eligible for this course.

DSC test results out

Feb 05, 2003: Vizianagaram: District Collector Rajat Kumar announced the results of the untrained teachers for which DSC test was conducted last year. A total number of 387 candidates were selected. The selected candidates include 319 for secondary grade Telugu, seven for Oriya, 11 in reserved category and 49 as Grade-II Telugu pandits. One post for Oriya pandit was also filled. The collector asked the handicapped candidates to get their certificates checked at district level medical board. The selected candidates would have to complete three years of training after which appointment letters would be issued.

Tourism clubs in schools and colleges of Nizamabad soon

Feb 05, 2003: Nizamabad: The tourism department has decided to start ‘Tourism Clubs’ in upper primary schools and colleges in the district in an effort to stimulate interest among students to visit important tourist spots in the different parts of the district and the state. The department intends to start these clubs not only in government schools and colleges but also in government-aided and private educational institutions. The department wants to encourage all the students in the district to go on tours to various places taking advantage of travel concession being offered by the government.

Inter Practical examination commence from February 15

Feb 06, 2003: Hyderabad: The practical examinations for second year Science students of Intermediate Public Examinations, March 2003 will commence on February 15th. Hall Tickets have been despatched to the concerned Principals. The students may contact their Principals for information regarding the actual date of the examinations. Candidates can access their hall tickets which were hosted on the Website www.aponline.gov.in.

IT service training centres in districts soon

Feb 06, 2003: Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh State Council of Higher Education (APSCHE) will set up Institute for Information Enabled Services Training (IITEST) in all the district headquarters shortly. With the objective of transforming the state into a world wide hub of IT Enabled Services (ITES), the government had set up a new agency called IITEST in February, 2002. The government expects that that the course offered by the agency will increase the employment opportunities for the graduates in the state as the projections given by McKinsey and Nasscom that ITES sector would generate one million jobs by 2008.

Universities to offer Refresher courses

Feb 06, 2003: Librarians and library science teachers from various parts of the country were briefed on effective management of libraries in the age of digitalisation at a refresher course organised by the Academic Staff College, OU. Speakers underscored the need for modernisation of libraries and strengthening management skills for better services, as they were an integral part of the higher education system. The Potti Sriramulu Telugu University also organised a refresher course in Linguistics, which was inaugurated by Bh. Krishnamurti, former Vice-Chancellor, University of Hyderabad. The 20-day course aims at upgrading teaching skills of linguistic teachers.

Eamcet not enough for REC admissions

Feb 07, 2003: Hyderabad: As all Regional Engineering Colleges, including the REC – Warangal, have been declared as National Institutes of Technologies (NITs), candidates will now have to appear for All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE) from the 2003-2004 academic year. Consequently, the Eamcet would be applicable only for entrance to state-level colleges. This could result in candidates facing an additional entrance test. The number of such tests would be higher for students from the minority community if the minority educational institutions continue to have separate entrance tests.

Eamcet study material launched

Feb 07, 2003: Hyderabad: J.P Print Systems launched J.P Eamcet books. Available both in English and Telugu, the books are a self-help study material. Emphasis had been laid on self-learning and concept building. The purpose of the comprehensive study material was to orient the student to study on his own and perfect fundamentals. The books had been prepared by senior professors who worked in reputed colleges. Concentration was on concept-based questions and the books contain detailed synopsis and practice papers for each Chapter.

No to B.Edfor SGT posts

Feb 07, 2003: Hyderabad: The government is not allowing B.Ed candidates for the Secondary Grade Teacher (SGT) posts in primary schools. The government would allow only the Teacher Training Course Certificate holders for the SGT posts. Allowing the B.Ed students for the SGT posts has not given expected results. The government would place all details of teacher’s postings and transfers on the Internet. The education department would spend Rs 250 crores on computers with internet facility.

Eamcet to be held on April 26

Feb 08, 2003: Hyderabad: The Engineering Agriculture Medical Common Entrance Test (Eamcet-2003) will be held on April 26th. The sale of application forms will begin on February 14th with the last date for the submission being March 4th. The last date for submission of application forms with late fee of Rs. 500 at convener’s office was March 10. The issue of hall tickets would be done at all Regional centres. The Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University said that the test would be of 160 marks with 80 marks earmarked for Mathematics, 40 marks each for Physics and chemistry in the Engineering stream and 40 marks each for Botany, Zoology, Physics and Chemistry in medical streams. For the first time the question paper would also test the analytical abilities of the aspirants. Four sets of question papers would be prepared out of which only two would be printed and one would be printed on the day of the test to be given to the students.

Government to collect few crores as Eamcet fee

Feb 10, 2003: Hyderabad: The government would make Rs. 3.38 crore from Eamcet-2003 examination by collecting a fee of Rs. 300 from each student. Last year the fee was Rs 275. The Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, which is conducting the examination this year, is expecting nearly 1.8 lakh students to take the entrance test and will collect more than Rs 6 crore. Out of this Rs 5.4 crore will be collected in the form of exam fee and the remaining Rs 60 lakh from fees for B.Arch aptitude test. It may be recalled that students union had last year opposed the examination fee of Rs. 275. Despite this the administration has enhanced the fee to Rs. 300. Even the chief Minister expressed surprise over the high fee and asked the officers to see if the fee can be reduced.

Government to rank colleges as per infrastructure

Feb 10, 2003: Hyderabad: The government has decided to grade colleges offering engineering, MBA, MCA courses to help students identify the best institutes in the state. The grading exercise, which has been termed as the Academic Audit and Grading (AAG), will begin by the third week of February and students can make use of these grades by the next academic year. The government asked the Andhra Pradesh State Council of Higher Education (APSCHE) to begin the AAG for all colleges established prior to 1996. The college established after 1996 have been given some more time to upgrade their facilities before the APSCHE grades them.

Legal view sought on separate entrance test

Feb 10, 2003: Hyderabad: The government has taken a serious note of the move by some management of minority colleges to conduct their own entrance test for admission into B.Tech and B. Pharma courses. It plans to seek legal opinion on this issue. The management of about 14 colleges had announced that a separate entrance test would be conducted for admission into engineering and B. Pharma courses for the academic year 2003 in the name of Planning, Coordination and Monitoring Board for Minorities (PCMB). This announcement comes close on the heels of the notification issued for Eamcet by the government.

Managements of private colleges unrelenting

Feb 10, 2003: Banglore: The Karnataka Government, which is negotiating hard with private unaided professional colleges for a 50% quota of seats, might not able to bring round the established ones among the private unaided medical colleges to its point of view. The government is yet to issue the GO on reservation of seats for students with merit and those from the socially and educationally underprivileged sections, which has become necessary in view of Supreme Court judgement on minority institutions. Of about 28 medical (allopathic) colleges in the state with the total intake of 3,205 from MBBS course, four were run by the government with an intake of 450. The private medical college managements have told the government that they could spare only 20 to 25% of the seats to the government.

Library Science results announced

Feb 11, 2003: Hyderabad: Dr B R Ambedkar Open University on Monday announced results of its Master’s Degree in Library Science for which the university conducted examinations in December, 2002. The study centre wise results are being dispatched to the centres concerned. The memorandum of marks will be dispatched at residential address of the students as according to the university.

Minority Colleges face threat of disaffiliation

Feb 11, 2003: Hyderabad: The state government is planning to use the treat of disaffiliation against minority professional colleges which issued notifications for a Minority Eamcet test (Meamcet) to recruit students into professional courses. After studying the legal options, the government directed the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU) to issue a statement pointing out that it would grant affiliation to only those colleges which admit students based on the procedure prescribed by the university. Similar directives are being issued to Osmania and other universities in the state. About a dozen minority colleges issued notification for a separate Meamcet test on Sunday to give students admission. The colleges quoted the recent Supreme Court directive on the issue of minority colleges.

Scholorships for minority students

Feb 11, 2003: Hyderabad: The state government is planning to sanction scholarships this year to minority students studying various professional courses like MBBS, MBA, MCA, LLB and B.Ed. Interested candidates can collect the prescribed applications from the office of district minorities welfare officer (DMWO) at Azampura from Feb. 10th to 24th. The application should be submitted to the principals before February 25th who inturn are required to forward them to DMWO before Feb. 28th.

IT course for blind students in Vizag

Feb 12, 2003: Vijayawada: Andhra Pradesh, already prominent in the IT map of the world, now has visually impaired students learning the latest revolutions in the computer world. The Department of the Information Technology of the Union Government has sanctioned one IT training centre for each state and the ‘Mission for the Blind’ got the centre sanctioned for its Visakhapatnam centre. The IT course, inaugurated in November last, now has 84 students, of which 24 from other institutions and remaining from the school itself. The response from visually impaired students of colleges for IT course is overwhelming.

JNTU stops minority colleges in their tracks

Feb 12, 2003: Hyderabad: Plans of the minority educational institutions to hold their own entrance tests for admission to professional courses have gone awry with the JNTU insisting on the Eamcet criteria. In a notice issued to all its constituent and affiliated colleges, the JNTU has stated that no admissions will be valid if the prescribed criteria of a pass in the qualifying examination and a rank in the Eamcet are not followed. A track record of some of the minority institutions shows that the admission process here is anything but fair and transparent.

NCTE permits 65 new B.Ed colleges

Feb 12, 2003: Hyderabad: The National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) has given permission for 65 new B.Ed colleges in the state. The NCTE took the decision at a meeting that applications of about 195 prospective colleges, each offering 200 seats, were pending for clearance with the NCTE. The government had earlier, deputed Secretary I V Subba Rao to discuss with NCTE about the new B.Ed colleges.

Launch of New Global MBA Programme

Feb 13, 2003: Visakhapatnam: Indo-American Group of Educational Institutions will launch a first-of-its-kind global MBA programme from August 15th. The global MBA envisages a complete revamp in traditional curriculum by introducing more hands-on-learning tools in management. The MBA programme would consist of three trimesters with the first three allocated for theory and the rest for internship. These trimesters would be spread over two years. The in-house faculty would act as facilitators and most of the syllabus would be covered by industry professionals. The group has roped in 500 such professionals. Classes would be held at stock exchanges and trade fair centres for a practical approach towards education. MBA was very new in India, but it is time tested globally.

Nod for new B.Ed Colleges enthuses none

Feb 13, 2003: 5.The NCTE Council for Teachers Education (NCTE) has finally agreed to accord permission to start 65 new B.Ed colleges after dilly - dallying over the issue for more than two months. Despite permitting 65 new B.Ed colleges, the NCTE decision failed to enthuse college managements and students as not even half of the colleges applied have been cleared. The NCTE officials cleared 65 colleges due to the pressure exerted by the State Government. Though 65 colleges have been cleared adding 6,000 more B.Ed seats, NCTE refused to do away with the new rule that the college principal has to have a minimum of 10 years experience. The new norm has clearly shut the chances of nearly 90 colleges.

Universities told to mobilise funds to offset budget cuts

Feb 13, 2003: Hyderabad: All the universities have been asked by the State Government to mobilise additional resources, of 10% to 20%, to make up the cuts imposed in the draft budget for 2002-03. The executive councils of universities are expected to ready proposals within two months. The Higher Education Department has indicated to the universities, especially the six major ones, Osmania, Andhra, Sri Venkateshwara, Kakatiya, Nagarjuna and Sri Krishnadevaraya to gear up to meet the shortfall in the block grant in the next financial year. The State Government’s grant for salaries, establishment and other non-plan expenditure will be of the order of Rs 450 crore, for the six universities put together. At least 60% of it will go to Osmania, Andhra and SV universities.

Colleges lack staff of good quality

Feb 14, 2003: Vijayawada: A majority of medical colleges suffer from a chronic shortage of resources, infrastructure and adequately trained and qualified faculty support, as according to All India Institute of Medical Sciences. The Medical Council of India has stressed upon the need for introducing both horizontal and vertical integration, attempts to introduce an integrated curriculum have not succeeded. Instead of the encouragement of participatory, interactive process teaching remains didactic. Lecturers still dominate instructions, hence curbing the initiative on the part of the students to pursue self-directed learning, critical analysis of facts, interpretation of data and problem solving.

Verification sought for B.Ed colleges

Feb 14, 2003: Hyderabad: Despite giving permission for 65 new B.Ed colleges in the state, the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) has sent back the details of 33 other B.Ed colleges for verification. School education minister M Venkateshwara Rao said that the education department would spend reports of verification shortly to the NCTE.

American Telugu association gesture to students

Feb 15, 2003: Hyderabad: The American Telugu Association (ATA), an organisation of Telugu speaking people in the US will adopt 50 children from various parts of the state for the purpose of educating them from seventh standard to college-level. The selection of the children will be on the basis of merit and need. It has also proposed to introduce a scholarship to merit students in higher education. The ATA will continue to promote literary and cultural activities for Telugu people through the exchange programmes for students, scientists and professionals. It will also invite scholars, artists and artisans to US for lectures, seminars and other congregations.

Govt. to appeal against decree on minority institutions

Feb 15, 2003: Hyderabad: The government will appeal to the Supreme Court against the High Court judgement on the admission process followed by minority colleges, school education Minister Mandava Venkateshwara Rao. The minister said that some minority colleges had violated rules on admissions. He said both the government and the managements of minority institutions had already come to an agreement that admission must be based on ranking obtained in B.Ed entrance examination. On the status of new B.Ed colleges, NCTE had given permission to 53 colleges in the state. It had also asked the government to verify the details of 33 other colleges and send back details. The government was optimistic that 10-12 colleges would be given permission out of 33 colleges, hence the state would get permission for 65 colleges and has rejected permission to 98 colleges, he said

SFI planning fund collection from overseas students

Feb 17, 2003: Kozhizode: The Students Federation of India (SFI) has mooted the idea of collecting $ 1 as membership fee from overseas students, according to the draft programme and constitution presented by the national president, P. Krishna Prasad. The draft programme states that, “any unit desiring affiliation to the organisation shall charge its member a subscription fee of Re.1 per academic session or $ 1 in case of overseas students and shall pay an affiliation fee of 20 paise (20 cents in case of overseas members) per member on its rolls to the Central Executive Committee.

Last date extended by Osmania University

Feb 18, 2003: The Centre for English Training at the University college of Engineering, Osmania University, has postponed the last date for students to register for the course, “Communications Skills for Professionals” from February 16th to 26th. The Centre Director, T. Venkat Rajaiah, said the course would be held from March 2nd on holidays. Those who wish to register for the court may contact the centre in personal. Registration will be on the first-come-first-served basis.

NALSAR entrance test on May 18th

Feb 18, 2003: Hyderabad: The All India Entrance Test for admission to the National Academy of Legal Studies and Research (NALSAR), university of Law, will be held on May 18th. The Registrar said that the university will offer five-year integrated degree programme in Law (BABL-Hons) and the two-year Masters degree (LLM). The notification for the entrance test would be issued on February 23rd.

Eamcet form rules to be strictly followed

Feb 19, 2003: Eamcet-2003 convener I V A R Sharma in a statement asked students to strictly follow instructions with regard to filling and submitting of applications. Maintaining that several students were not following instructions, he said the summary sheet should not be stapled or tagged to the main application form but the loose summary sheet should be submitted for registration in the envelope along with the application.

Eamcet forms at Post Offices

Feb 19, 2003: Hyderabad: The department of posts will sell the Eamcet-2003 application forms at various post offices in the city. Each application costs Rs 300. Last year six post offices were identified for the sale of the forms, but due to the increasing needs of students for the form and their high demands, the sale of application forms has been extended to more number of post offices. The post offices where the forms will be available are – Hyderabad GPO, Khairatabad HO, and Banjara Hills etc.

New norms for engineering colleges soon

Feb 19, 2003: Chennai: The Union Ministry of Human Resource Development would soon come out with detailed guidelines on engineering admissions in the country. A meeting of Secretaries of all State Governments recently decided that the admissions would be based on centralised entrance examinations. The AICTE had clarified that the state government concerned could decide the eligibility norm.

The Union HRD Ministry launched Gyandarshan 3, an exclusive TV channel that would beam 16 hours of programmes to benefit 15 lakh students to benefit in over 1,200 engineering colleges country wide It would have curriculum based programmes, produced with the help of IITs, and use the infrastructure of the Indra Gandhi National Open University. The AICTE wanted all the colleges to install downlinking facility for viewing the technical education channel as part of their academic infrastructure.

BRAOU extends date for issue eligibity test forms

Feb 20, 2003: Hyderabad:The Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Open University has extended the last date for issue of submission of eligibility test forms, to be conducted on April 13th, for admission to the first year degree course for the academic year 2003-04, from February 19th to March 5th 2003. The forms were available at all the Study Centres in the State, including the State capital, at the university headquarters and also SETWIN service centres.

IGNOU to hold its convocation programme

Feb 21, 2003: Hyderabad: The 14th convocation of Indira Gandhi National Open University will be held on February 22nd simultaneously across the country. The main convocation function, to be held in New Delhi, will be linked to select regional Ignou centres through videoconference. 2,162 students would receive ‘degrees in absentia’ and 1,198 at the convocation. In the twin cities, four students from the city have bagged gold medals for academic excellence. It also plans to introduce a certificate course in health and environment and postgraduate diploma courses in library automation and geriatric medicine.

Private colleges to offer Journalism courses

Feb 21, 2003: Hyderabad: For the first time in the history of the state, the government has decided to allow private colleges to offer graduate and post-graduation courses in communication and journalism. At present these courses are under the control of the universities and a few private colleges are running the courses on their own. But now the government wants to accord the permission to reputed private colleges to start the course. This is likely to commence from next academic year. The courses would initially be offered by reputed colleges in Hyderabad.

ACT demands B.Ed colleges for SCs

Feb 22, 2003: Hyderabad: Ambedkar Charitable Trust (ACT) demanded the government to sanction the establishment of B.Ed colleges for Scheduled Caste students at school welfare residential schools in all districts. With about 230 social welfare residential schools in the state, with 10 of them in each district, the schools can be extended to provide intermediate and degree courses including engineering. Such a step may help the poor SC students to complete their education.

DIET Colleges to get more seats

Feb 22, 2003: Hyderabad: The government has issued orders increasing the seats in Urdu section of DIET colleges from forty to fifty seats to meet the convenience of regional students as according to the Minister of School Education Shri. Mandava Venkateshwara Rao.

University teachers to stage dharna

Feb 24, 2003: Hyderabad: The A.P. Federation of University Teachers Association has resolved to hold mass dharna before the administrative buildings of all the universities in protest against the insensitive attitudes of the government to their long pending demands. Mr. B Satyanarayana, secretary-general, APFUTA, expressed resentments in delay in solving their problems, including UGC arrears, uniform implementation of career advancement scheme, extension of pension rules etc. This was despite the assurances made by the Chief Minister. The associates deplored the cut in the sanctioned block grant to the universities and said it would intensify its agitation if there was no response from the government.

Job selection for teachers in process

Feb 25, 2003: Hyderabad: The selection process for filling up 1,023 secondary grade teachers in Ranga Reddy district will begin on February 26th. The testimonials of the selected candidates will be inspected from February 28th and the posting orders will be issued from March 2nd to March 4th. The testimonials of candidates belonging to the backward classes will be verified on February 26th followed by verification of Scheduled Castes and Tribes candidates in the next two days.

2.5 crore grant for ANGRAU for biotechnological courses

Feb 26, 2003: Hyderabad: The Archarya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University (ANGRAU) has been given a grant of Rs. 2.5 crores by the Andhra Pradesh Netherlands Biotechnology project to strengthen infrastructure and teaching facilities for its post-graduate courses in agricultural and veterinary sciences. The post graduation courses in biotechnology have been formulated in consolation with experts drawn from many scientific and educational institutions and from industry.

CEDM training programme

Feb 26, 2003: The Centre for Educational Development for Minorities (CEDM), Osmania University is inviting applications from candidates belonging to minorities for admission to a free coaching programme for Staff Selection Commission (Graduate level) preliminary examination,

OU teachers seak full payment of UGC arrears

Feb 26, 2003: Hyderabad: The Osmania University Teacher’s Association has once again made a forceful plea for total payment of UGC arrears with effect from January 1st, 1996, to faculty members and rectification of anomalies in the career advancement scheme. Protesting the university executive council’s decision to freeze dearness allowance of employees, they demanded withdrawal of the decision. They also sought reconstitution of the academic senate and executive council of university besides enhancement of gratuity.

Students at the receiving end again

Feb 26, 2003: Hyderabad: There appears to be no unanimity among minority educational institutions on the question of holding “self entrance test” for admission into professional courses. While the Planning, Coordination and Monitoring Board (PCBM) for minorities which has a dozen of colleges under its fold, has decided to conduct MEMCET, the M. J. College of Engineering and Technology has resolved to stick to EAMCET. The other minority institutions are adopting a wait and watch policy. Even as JNTU insisted on a pass in the qualifying examination and a rank in the EAMCET as the only criteria for admission, the minority colleges are desperately trying to drum up support for their own tests. While EAMCET is scheduled on April 26th, the PCBM has decided to hold its own MEMCET on April 13th.

Urdu lecturer posts sanctioned to DIET

Feb 27, 2003: Hyderabad: The government had sanctioned five Urdu lecturer posts to the District Institute of Education and Training (DIET). School education minister M Venkateshwara Rao said that the intake was 39 both in the present and last year and that the posting will be done as early as possible.

Aided degree college lecturers seek 'justice'

Feb 28, 2003: Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh Aided Degree College Lecturers Association has demanded payment of salaries to the aided college staff on the first of every month as in the case of Government lecturers. The association also demanded exemption from appearing for National and State Eligibility Tests for lecturers who have been drawing State Government pay scales. It wanted regularisation of part-time lecturers who had completed five years of services and filling up of backlog vacancies of SC, ST candidates in teaching and non-teaching posts in aided colleges.

College credibility streched to please accreditation panel

Feb 28, 2003: Chennai: The truth behind the claims of an “institution-induced sex scandal” at the Dindigul district may or may not come out. Nonetheless, the unverifiable allegation that girl students were used by the college management to please the members of an inspecting team from the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) will continue to haunt academics, parents and students in the coming months. The allegation would also bring agencies like NAAC and All India Council for the Technical Education under the closer scrutiny in the near future. At the moment through, are finding it difficult to confirm or deny the controversial scandal. In this context the students across Tamil Nadu will boycott classes and take out a rally to the State Secretariat on March 4th.

Students to work on Linux applications

Feb 28, 2003: Bangalore: In one of the largest open software initiatives in the country, hundred students from various engineering colleges from the North Karnataka region will work on developing applications using the Linux platform. The joint initiative by the Indian Institute of Information Technology – Banglore centre at Hubli and Netcore solutions would help the students to work on fifty projects using the Linux platform, the best of which will be showcased during the “Bangalore IT.Com 2003” to be held on November this year.

 
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