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By our Staff Reporter
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, OCT. 14. Students and parents have questioned the validity of the decision announced recently by the University of Kerala that engineering students admitted under the Lateral Entry Scheme should appear for examinations in five subjects of the first year B.Tech. course. This decision was in violation of the norms of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and the directives of the Kerala High Court, alleged Thottupuram Chandran, general secretary of the B.Tech. Lateral Entry Parents' Association.
AICTE clarification
The AICTE had clarified that the three-year diploma course in engineering was equivalent to the first year of the B.Tech. course in the subject concerned. The lateral entry scheme has been introduced with a view to providing an opportunity for the diploma holders to pursue a degree course in engineering. Only those who secured 60 per cent marks in the diploma examination and who cleared an entrance test were eligible for admission under the lateral entry scheme.
Order unjustified
Under these circumstances, there was no justification in the university issuing such an order, Mr. Chandran said. As per this order, such students were not eligible for sessional marks and would not be considered for ranking, which again was not in tune with the norms, he added. Further, such a stipulation as ordered by the University of Kerala, did not exist in the Cochin University of Science and Technology, the only one of its kind in the State. The association has asked the authorities of the University of Kerala to reconsider this decision at the earliest.
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