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AICTE may shut 50 colleges in TS, AP
No new private engineering colleges will come up in Telangana in the next academic year. The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has not received a single application for opening of engineering college from Telangana managements.
Hyderabad: No new private engineering colleges will come up in Telangana in the next academic year. The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has not received a single application for opening of engineering college from Telangana managements.
- No new pvt engineering colleges in Telangana
- TRS govt intends to launch state-run institutions
“Every year, we used to receive at least 10 applications for setting new colleges. But, not even a single applications was received for setting new engineering college,” said an official of AICTE. The government which batted for State-run technical colleges has already urged the AICTE not to accord fresh permissions for setting up private professional colleges in the State.
According to ACITE sources, Telangana government has applied for opening eight polytechnic colleges and Maulana Azad National Urdu University submitted forms for opening of a new engineering college in the University campus. Meanwhile, in Andhra Pradesh State as many as 10 private college managements have filed application for launching new engineering and MBA colleges, ACITE sources said.
On other hand, a total of 50 professional colleges from AP and Telangana have sought permission from the AICTE for closure of their institutions. The college managements cited poor response from new students and huge losses as reasons for seeking to wind up their institutions. “We received 50 applications from the college managements in Telangana and AP for shutting down the colleges. Most of the colleges are from Telangana, as they already got disaffiliated by the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University-Hyderabad because of lack of infrastructure and faculty,” an official of ACITE said.
According to ACITE sources, the colleges should pay Rs 3 lakh and no objection certificate from the concerned University for shutting down. The AICTE scrutiny committee would meet on Monday to decide the fate of engineering colleges that have applied for the closure.
“Upon verifying the applications, ACITE officials will inspect the colleges and decide, “an official said. Meanwhile, the engineering colleges in Telangana that have been disaffiliated by the JNTU-H are now doing away with the faculty positions in the colleges. The private engineering college managements have already been not paying salaries for the staff for last few months. After several months the government has now released the arrears,” N Goutham Rao, President, Telangana Private Engineering and Professional Colleges Managements Association said.
By:Yuvraj Akula
