The Hindu : Reconsider decision on autonomy norms, says Ramadoss

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Wednesday, Dec 10, 2003

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Reconsider decision on autonomy norms, says Ramadoss

By Our Special Correspondent

CHENNAI Dec. 9. The Paatali Makkal Katchi founder-leader, S. Ramadoss, has urged the Governor-Chancellor to reconsider his decision, giving assent to the Anna University's new norms for grant of autonomy to engineering colleges.

Within a year of bringing all colleges under the purview of the university, it was both surprising and shocking that a move was on for granting autonomy to self-financing colleges, he said in a statement today. He sought to know how the move would help the students improve administration or educational standards in the unaided colleges. It would not be wrong to state some of the unaided colleges were only keen on coming out of the university control.

He said unaided or private education was not a substitute for government-funded education, but could only assist the latter. The Chancellor should give his suggestions for improving education, the statement said.

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