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Government urged to rectify admission system In the legislature

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BANGALORE: The Legislative Assembly on Thursday passed the Karnataka Professional Educational Institutions (Regulation of Admission and Fixation of Fee) (Special Provisions) Bill, 2007. The Bill recognises the agreement entered into between the State Government and private unaided educational institutions on admission of students to professional colleges and for other matters for the year 2007-08.

In abeyance

The Bill keeps in abeyance the Karnataka Professional Educational Institutions (Regulation of Admission and Determination of Fee) Act, 2006 for the academic year 2007-08. Minister for Higher Education D.H. Shankaramurthy, who introduced the Bill, said it was relevant for only the current academic year.

Earlier, the Opposition criticised the Government’s admission policy for professional courses and suggested to Mr. Shankaramurthy to introduce a comprehensive Bill to tackle problems in admission and fee structure.

Ramesh Kumar (Congress) said the Government had surrendered seats to private professional colleges, ignoring the interests of rural students from poor families. He urged the Minister to withdraw the recognition given to the Consortium of Medical, Engineering and Dental Colleges, Karnataka (COMED-K) to safeguard the interests of meritorious students.

J.C. Madhuswamy (JD-U) said the Social Welfare Department had not reimbursed the fees of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe students admitted to professional colleges. G.V. Sriram Reddy (CPI-M) said the COMED-K was running what he termed a parallel government in the State. It had formulated its own rules for admission of students to professional colleges.

‘Denied admission’

M. Mallikarjun Kharge (Congress) said the Government had granted deemed university status to some institutions, which resulted in meritorious students being denied admission. Mr. Kharge and Leader of the Opposition N. Dharam Singh too called for the introduction of a comprehensive Bill to address all issues relating to admission and fee structure.

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