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Admissions: Karnataka Government fails to clear air

By Our Staff Reporter

BANGALORE, JULY 16. Confounded by the Supreme Court's directive on admissions to professional colleges on Thursday, the Karnataka Cabinet sub-committee going into the seat sharing and fee structure in private institutions, failed to arrive at a decision on admissions and postponed its meeting indefinitely. The sub-committee is headed by the Deputy Chief Minister, Siddaramaiah.

The Government, which goes by the decision of the sub-committee, has also not announced that it will abide by the Supreme Court decision. It is still speaking of its cordial relations with the private professional college managements and being able to persuade them to agree to the 75:25 seat sharing ratio which has been struck down by the Supreme Court.

As it is still unwilling to accept the court directive, the Government has not decided on the dates for recommencing the counselling for admission to professional courses through its Common Entrance Test Cell.

The seat selection process, which had commenced on July 8, was cancelled following the Supreme Court's directive. The Government also said that it would be able to say only on Monday or later when the Cabinet sub-committee will meet again to take up the vexed issue of admissions. Adding to the uncertainty faced by the students and parents is the fact that the Government would be able to announce the fresh dates for CET counselling only after holding talks with the managements, which have emerged stronger after the court's directive fixing the seat-sharing ratio at 50:50.

Speaking to presspersons after the meeting of the Cabinet sub-committee, the Minister for Large and Medium-scale Industries, P.G.R. Sindhia, who is a member of the panel, said the Government had maintained very good relations with the private professional college managements and was confident of solving the problem to the benefit of the students. The Government had helped the medical colleges with clinical facilities, which meant that it would come in handy in winning them over, he said. Though the Minister could not say when exactly the Cabinet sub-committee would meet again, particularly in view of the urgency of the matter, he expressed his inability to reply to the question. But he maintained that the counselling would start only after the Government held a meeting with the private professional college managements to sort out the issue in favour of the poor and meritorious students from the weaker sections. The Government had hopes of convincing the managements of the need to help the students and made it clear there would not be any confrontation.

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