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Solution to American College imbroglio soon

MADURAI: The vexed American College issue is expected to be resolved within a week by the State government. This assurance was given by Higher Education Secretary R. Kannan when a team from the college met him in Chennai on Friday. The team also met Higher Education Minister P. Palaniappan and apprised him of the crisis faced by the college because of two warring groups.

“The Secretary said that they were fairly acquainted with the American College imbroglio and a decision will be taken soon,” S. Stephen, Dean (Academic Policies) of the college, told The Hindu over phone after the meeting in Chennai. Three representatives from the college had met the Minister and Secretary.

R. Mohan, Acting Principal, Justin Manohar, Dean (International Exchange), and Mr. Stephen had requested them to intervene in the issue in the interest of students, staff and parents. “The Higher Education Secretary told that ultimately the Chief Minister will take a decision within a week,” said Mr. Stephen.

Appointment with CM

The team also made a formal request seeking an appointment with the Chief Minister Jayalalithaa to apprise her about the issue.

Meanwhile, the college is also likely to see another positive development of unofficial talks between the two warring groups over the conduct of semester examinations for left-out students. “Examination schedule for those students who did not write the examinations may be finalised very soon. We hope to get the cooperation of anti-Bishop group also for conducting the examinations and steps have been initiated in that direction,” a professor said.

After the Friday's meeting, there is hope in the college campus that a lasting solution will be arrived at soon and the contentious issue of who should be the college Principal and Secretary will be resolved through the intervention of Chief Minister, Higher Education Minister, and the Principal Secretary to Higher Education.

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