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Varsity’s council declines affiliation for B.Sc. course

Staff Correspondent

It says colleges should first develop facilities

MANGALORE: The academic council of Mangalore University has declined to grant affiliation to the B.Sc. course (covering Physics, Mathematics and Computer Science subjects) proposed by three government degree colleges under the university for 2007-08 unless they developed certain facilities recommended by the university’s local inquiry committee.

The council in its meeting on Monday upheld the report submitted by the committee, which recommended against granting of affiliation by the university to the B.Sc. course for 2007-08.

The committee had reported that government first grade colleges at Hebri, Uppinangady and Haleyangadi did not have the required infrastructure to offer the course. They lacked laboratories, classrooms, the specified books in their libraries, computers, and qualified teachers to teach the B.Sc. course, it had said.

The meeting chaired by Vice-Chancellor K.M. Kaveriappa, decided that the university would specify the reasons for declining affiliation to the course, which it would communicate to the three colleges. If they developed the facilities recommended by the committee, the university could then consider granting affiliation to the course after the committee inspected the colleges again.

At one point during the meeting, Prof. Kaveriappa and Registrar of the university K. Sundar Naik said that the university could consider being a little flexible with regard to the requirement that the colleges had to develop the specified facilities, as they were in villages and if they offered the B.Sc. course many poor children would be benefited. Otherwise, such children would be forced to join private government-aided or unaided colleges which charge high fees.

To this, however, some members pointed out that if the university allowed for such flexibility, then quality would be compromised. The colleges should be told to develop the basic facilities for teaching the B.Sc. course and if they created them they could be granted the affiliation, the members said.

The council approved the syllabus for the “medicinal plant biotechnology” subject, which Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheswara College, Ujire, has proposed to introduce as an optional subject under the B.Sc. course.

It also approved the syllabus for a post-graduation course (M.Sc.) in food science and technology proposed by the university on its campus. Dr. Kaveriappa said that if all facilities were available, the university would start this course from the current academic year itself.

The council decided that affiliation to the Agastya College of Management Studies, Mangalore, could be granted only if it fulfilled certain conditions prescribed by the university and developed the facilities recommended by the local inquiry committee.

It approved the granting of affiliation to a certificate course in women’s empowerment proposed by Milagris College, Kalyanapura, for 2007-08.

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