Sanjay Kelkar, BJP leader and chairman of Forum for Sanctity in Educational Institutions, has reacted sharply to the time-buying tactics being adopted by engineering colleges that were barred from con
Sanjay Kelkar, BJP leader and chairman of Forum for Sanctity in Educational Institutions, has reacted sharply to the time-buying tactics being adopted by engineering colleges that were barred from conducting admissions for the academic year 2016-17 by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). Mr Kelkar said that the colleges were managing to get stays on the council orders due to the callousness of the administration and officials who were working hand-in-glove with the colleges. He demanded action against Directorate of Technical Education (DTE) officials and said that if the government failed to take action against them, the forum would lodge police complaints against the errant officials.
Pointing to the ‘misdemeanours’ of certain engineering colleges that had been regularly flouting AICTE norms but managed to stay operational, Mr Kelkar said, “Most of these colleges have been submitting false compliance reports and affidavits to the DTE and have been allowed to remain operational. This has been possible due to the nexus between the officials of DTE and University of Mumbai and the colleges. If the government does not take action against the officials, the forum will lodge complaints against these officials at Azad Maidan police station.” He was speaking at a press meet organised at Azad Maidan on Thursday, a day after some engineering colleges that had been barred from conducting admissions for the academic year 2016-17 had managed to get a stay on the AICTE order.
When asked whether the forum would demand the resignation of higher and technical education minister Vinod Tawde over the issue, Mr Kelkar preferred not to respond.
Professor Vaibhav Narwade, secretary of the forum said, “While engineering colleges collect huge amounts towards annual fees from students, almost 90 per cent of them do not pay teachers properly. These colleges do not provide facilities to the students either. The only way to expose this would be through a CID inquiry,” said Mr Narwade.
