BANGALORE: After it was found that many colleges offering Commerce degrees were charging high fees for the business management course, the Government has decided to allow colleges run by it to start the BBM course provided they have infrastructure. Government colleges in Kolar district are offering the course, Higher Education Minister D. Manjunath said here on Tuesday.

He told presspersons that 30 degree colleges will be established. They will offer science subjects, which will be also be introduced in all other government colleges. Some of the 138 first grade colleges will soon start offering science courses, he added.

Mr. Manjunath said 91 `C' grade lecturers have been promoted as principals. The 240 degree-college lecturers, who have not cleared the National Eligibility Test to become eligible for permanent posts, will not lose their jobs. Their case has been in the courts for a long time and it has been decided to deploy them in pre-university colleges. He has taken up the matter with Primary and Secondary Education Minister R. Ramalinga Reddy and they will work out the modalities soon, he added.

Bangalore University's Postgraduate Centre in Tumkur is likely to function from buildings owned by the Hindustan Machine Tools (HMT) since the company unit has been closed down, Mr. Manjunath said.

He said there are fresh applications for starting engineering colleges. Last year, three applications were cleared. The backlog of seats in engineering colleges has come down from 9,600 last year to about 3,000 as more students have opted for Civil Engineering, he added.

Mr. Manjunath said there are indications that Parliament will enact, in the winter session, legislation on admissions to engineering and medical colleges. If not, the State will draft a comprehensive law.

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