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Date to be extended for Degree Online Services
Due to less number of admissions, the government has decided to extend the date for admissions into degree colleges by few more days and the schedule would be announced on Thursday.
Hyderabad: Due to less number of admissions, the government has decided to extend the date for admissions into degree colleges by few more days and the schedule would be announced on Thursday.
Deputy Chief minister Kadiam Srihari, who held a review meeting on the Degree Online Services of Telangana (DOST), has directed the officials of Telangana State Council of Higher Education (TSCHE) to extend the date for admissions.
Council chairman T Papi Reddy who participated in the meeting said that the date may be extended up to September 12. He said convener of the DOST would issue the notification on Thursday.
The government is much concerned with the low number of admissions into the government and private degree colleges in the State. Out of the total four lakh seats, so far only 2 lakh have been filled in the four phases of admissions process.
Even after the spot admissions in the fourth round, the colleges could not fill the vacant seats. On the other hand, some students were unable to choose the colleges correctly and are demanding some more time. Several students, who have aspired for courses like pharmacy, polytechnic and other courses and could not get seats there, want to join the degree colleges. Keeping this also in view the TSCHE has been told to extend the date.
Meanwhile, Deputy Chief minister Kadiam Srihari directed the School Education department officials to start residential schools – one for boys and one for girls – in each of the 31 districts and wanted them to come up with proposals.
The issue of facilities in the newly established junior residential colleges and the residential schools was also discussed at the meeting.
The government upgraded 35 residential schools into junior residential colleges and out of them, six have started functioning from this academic year. Rest would start in the next academic year.
The deputy chief minister made it clear that no problems should arise in the KGBVs, model schools and residential schools. These institutions should achieve 100 per cent results and plans in this regard should be implemented from now onwards.
All the teachers should be given in service training and their skills in spoken English and subject wise should be improved. If needed the services of English and Foreign Languages University should be taken and leadership qualities should be inculcated among the teachers, he said.
Wipro and British Council were ready to help in this regard and Education department officials should use their services by entering into a memorandum of understanding with them, the minister said.
