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`Put an end to confusion in engineering admissions'

By Our Special Correspondent

CHENNAI, JUNE 24. The State secretariat of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) today urged the government to stop the "confusion prevailing in admissions to engineering courses" to put an end to the ordeal of students and parents.

In a statement here, the State secretary, N. Varadarajan, said factors such as 22 wrong questions in the entrance test conducted by Anna University, a steep hike in fee structure as recommended by the Raman Committee, the Subramani Committee recommendations and collection of lakhs of rupees by self-financing colleges as donation for seats under the management quota have caused confusion in engineering admissions.

Both students and parents experienced mental agony in view of holding of fresh entrance tests for candidates joining the self-financing colleges.

The hike in tuition fees badly hit the poor and downtrodden and the middle class, he said. In rural areas, children belonging to the poorer sections were not in a position to join schools as donations were collected by the parents-teachers associations in government-run institutions. Non-availability of textbooks posed another problem, he pointed out.

The CPI(M) flayed the government for remaining a "mute spectator" instead of finding a solution to the issues of admissions in colleges and schools.

Mr. Varadarajan said the Tamil Nadu Professional Courses Entrance Examinations conducted by the Anna University alone was enough for admission to engineering courses. On this basis, selection of candidates for admission in the self-financing colleges should be streamlined. The CPI(M) urged the government to withdraw the hike in fees for engineering courses, besides taking action against institutions which collected donations.

It demanded action to stop forced collection of donations by the parents-teachers associations in schools. It also urged the government to ensure that textbooks were made available to all students, Mr. Varadarajan said.

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