Plea to permit PG spot admissions

Rajamahendravaram: The Government Arts College Alumni Association, Rajamahendravaram, has appealed to State Tourism Minister Kandula Durgesh and Rajamahendravaram city MLA Adireddy Srinivas to help secure permission to conduct spot admissions for vacant postgraduate seats in government colleges across Andhra Pradesh for the 2026-27 academic year. A delegation of the association submitted a representation to the minister, explaining that nearly 50% of the PG seats in several courses at Government Arts College remained vacant even after the PGSET-2026 counselling.

They said a similar situation prevailed in almost all government colleges across the State. The association representatives pointed out that many students could not appear for PGSET-2026 due to lack of awareness, health issues and personal reasons, while several others who appeared for the examination failed to qualify. They urged the minister to take up the matter with the Higher Education Department and the Human Resource Development Minister and recommend special permission for spot admissions based on degree marks and merit, without insisting on PGSET qualification.

They explained that courses such as MA Telugu, Philosophy, Psychology, Geology, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Commerce and Economics were among those facing a shortage of admissions. Unless the vacant seats were filled, government colleges could lose student strength and traditional courses might face the threat of closure. The association recalled that the government had earlier issued GO RT No.172 on November 25, 2024, permitting spot admissions for eligible candidates who had not appeared for or qualified in the entrance test during the 2024-25 academic year.

The Commissioner of Collegiate Education had subsequently issued proceedings on November 29, 2024, facilitating the implementation of the decision. The representatives said the earlier initiative had benefited hundreds of poor and rural students and helped government colleges fill vacant seats. They appealed to the Minister to extend a similar opportunity for the 2026-27 academic year to protect the interests of students and strengthen government colleges. Association president Mulla Madhav and key members Gadde Sudhakar, Alikani Satya Sivakumar and K Vara Prasad participated in the delegation. Minister Durgesh and MLA responded positively to their request and said that this issue will be forwarded to the concerned authorities and will be resolved soon.

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Deekshitula Subrahmanyam

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Deekshitula RV Subrahmanyam is a Staff Reporter with The Hans India, covering the erstwhile East and West Godavari districts, along with Alluri Sitarama Raju and Polavaram districts. A journalist with experience of over three decades, he began his career as a Telugu mofussil reporter in 1991. He writes extensively on politics, tribal affairs, rural development, tourism, development, and human-interest stories He is the author of the six-part Telugu prose Ramayana Sitarama Kathasudha and has received several literary and journalistic honours, including the JCI Young Writer Award, Vadlamudi Rammohan Rao Memorial Award and Madduri Annapurnayya Memorial Award.

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