BHOPAL : Congress MLA Mukesh Nayak, on Friday, charged four private universities based in the capital with minting money by committing all sorts of irregularities.
Speaking in the Vidhan Sabha on Friday, Nayak said that the universities were admitting students who had failed RGPV exams after taking Rs 5 to 10 lakh each from them. The admissions were being given without taking NOC and migration certificates of the other university.
He also alleged that these universities were giving admissions in B.Ed and M.Ed courses far in excess of the permitted intake, taking more than Rs 3 lakh per student. He alleged that the university had given admissions to 5,000 students while it had permission to admit only 100.
He demanded that if the varsities were clean, they should upload information about the admission and exam on their websites. He also alleged that the Higher Education Minister was giving shelter to these universities. The Minister Umashakar Gupta challenged Mukesh Nayak to make the charge
outside the assembly. Congress MLA Jeetu Patwari objected to the tone of the minister saying that it was the ‘language of a goon’. BJP MLA Rameshwar Sharma said that the university belonged to former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s personal secretary and Congressmen were responsible for whatever irregularities were being committed there.
110 pvt colleges penalised for violating norms
Geotagging of data base of students planned
BHOPAL : The recognition of 66 colleges in the state has been withdrawn and 44 colleges have been barred from giving admissions in the first year. The Higher Education Minister Uma Shankar Gupta told the House on Friday in his reply to the discussion on the demands for grants of his department.
The Minister said that the department had obtained a soft loan of Rs. 2060 crore from the World Bank. He added that girls’ colleges will opened in 11 new districts in the current year. The department plans to ‘rationalise’ colleges with less than 100 students.
Using ‘geo-tagging’ technology, a data base of the students will be prepared which will help the government identify places where new colleges need to be opened. The minister said that under the Vivekananda carrier guidance programme, 6774 students will be given smart phones. To appoint teachers in the colleges the selection process has been started.
He added that 264 colleges and all universities are equipped with Wi-Fi connectivity. In the next financial year, 100 more colleges will be brought under the programme. In the next financial year 50,000 students, including 25,000 women, will be given skill development training. The House later cleared the Rs 3000 crore demands of the department
