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Private colleges allege partiality

Private engineering colleges in the city have alleged arbitrary and discriminatory practices by the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE), as a result of which some colleges have been black

Private engineering colleges in the city have alleged arbitrary and discriminatory practices by the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE), as a result of which some colleges have been blacklisted while others are going scot-free.

The grouse of the private engineering colleges has been prompted after the AICTE issued a circular on Wednesday wherein some colleges have been restricted from admitting students for the next academic year while some have been asked to reduce their intake capacity.

According to a spokesperson for the aggrieved colleges, last year the governor had conducted an inquiry into engineering colleges not complying with the norms and found that there were around 346 colleges that were guilty of the same. However, another inquiry by the Directorate of Technical Education (DTE) after that reduced the number to 200 colleges.

“There has been a concerted effort to target a few colleges and the affected colleges will be revealing the same in a tell-all on Friday,” said the spokesperson.

Meanwhile, the AICTE list has listed 54 colleges in the state that have been asked to restrain from admitting students for the next academic year. The AICTE list has also named 130 colleges that have been asked to reduce their intake capacity for the year 2016-17.

The AICTE decision notwithstanding, the Citizen Forum for Sanctity in Education (CFSE) and organisation of engineering college employees and teachers said, “There is no point of coming out with such lists. No sooner does the AICTE restrict the colleges, they approach the court had get their admission process and seats restored. The government and AICTE need to take stronger measures to put an end to the façade of the engineering colleges once and for all,” said Vaibhav Narvade, secretary of CFSE.

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