BANGALORE: Bangalore University has issued show-cause notices to seven B.Ed. colleges where large-scale malpractice was detected during this year's final examination.

Responding to questions about the malpractice cases, at the university Academic Council meeting here on Friday, the Vice-Chancellor, M.S. Thimmappa, said they have been referred to a committee, and appropriate action will be taken against the colleges.

A question raised by A. Ajit Prasad, member of the Bangalore University Syndicate, about mass copying caused a furore. He said there were malpractices in over 60 B.Ed. colleges and alleged that members of inspection squads were threatened at a college in Chintamani.

Bangalore University plans to revive the master's degree course in Rural Development and Management which was discontinued six years ago.

The course had been withdrawn following protests by students in the Applied Economics Department, who felt that their syllabus and that of the rural development course were the same. Dr. Thimmappa said the syllabi are different. The course may be introduced this academic year if the syllabus designed by an expert panel is approved, he added.

The university will constitute the Kempe Gowda Research Centre for Humanities and Social Sciences, and the Bangalore Mahanagara Palike will allocate Rs. 10 lakh for the centre annually.

The suggestion to decentralise evaluation for the coming examinations will be considered, Dr. Thimmappa said.

He said the philosophy course will be scrapped as there are hardly any takers. Considering the lucrative jobs offered by non-governmental organisations, the university is considering including diploma and certificate courses in women's studies, he added.

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