The officials of AP State Council of Higher Education finally came out with tentative schedule to begin engineering web-based counselling for admissions into BE, B.Tech and B.Pharmacy courses. The counselling will begin from August 29 and the first phase of admissions will be completed by September 20. The Eamcet notifications will be issued on August 22.
Due to the lack of clarity on the approvals given by the AICTE for the existing and new colleges, the process got delayed. The officials are in the process of obtaining data from AICTE over the actual number of seats available in the colleges. They expect to get the data by August 20. Initially, the process of certificate verification will be taken up in all the helpline centres. Later, students can opt for colleges and courses using the internet. On September 19, seat allotment list will be announced.
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Thursday, August 19, 2010
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Seats returned to colleges
Eamcet officials have decided to surrender vacant seats in the convenor quota to respective engineering colleges and have asked them to conduct spot admissions on their own by issuing notifications in newspapers.
Despite conducting two rounds of counselling, about 9,017 seats remained vacant. The Eamcet officials have decided not to conduct a third round of counselling as it would delay the academic session further.
Eamcet-qualified students will now have the option to attend a special counselling session on October 5 for admission into minority colleges.
To woo students, the engineering colleges are coming out with “special packages.” While the tuition fee in the convenor quota is Rs 1,30,000 for the entire four-year B.E/B.Tech course (Rs 32,500 per annum), the colleges are offering a “special fee package” of Rs 75,000 to Rs 1 lakh for the entire course duration.
As many as 9,017 seats in engineering and pharmacy colleges in the convenor quota remained vacant even after the second phase seat allotment ended on Tuesday. However, the number of vacant seats may increase further because hundreds of students who have been allotted seats in the second phase are expected to refrain from taking admissions.
The managements of engineering colleges are wary of such “non-reporting” students.
While 1,38,617 students were allotted seats in the first phase, about 14,430 of them have not reported to the colleges to claim admissions. In the second phase, the counselling was held for 27,793 seats but only 18,776 seats were filled up.
A total of 2,42,820 have qualified in the Eamcet engineering stream. With the addition of new colleges apart from the increase in seats in the existing colleges, the seats in convenor quota went up from 1,46,155 seats in the first phase to 1,52,124 seats in the second phase.
Despite conducting two rounds of counselling, about 9,017 seats remained vacant. The Eamcet officials have decided not to conduct a third round of counselling as it would delay the academic session further.
Eamcet-qualified students will now have the option to attend a special counselling session on October 5 for admission into minority colleges.
To woo students, the engineering colleges are coming out with “special packages.” While the tuition fee in the convenor quota is Rs 1,30,000 for the entire four-year B.E/B.Tech course (Rs 32,500 per annum), the colleges are offering a “special fee package” of Rs 75,000 to Rs 1 lakh for the entire course duration.
As many as 9,017 seats in engineering and pharmacy colleges in the convenor quota remained vacant even after the second phase seat allotment ended on Tuesday. However, the number of vacant seats may increase further because hundreds of students who have been allotted seats in the second phase are expected to refrain from taking admissions.
The managements of engineering colleges are wary of such “non-reporting” students.
While 1,38,617 students were allotted seats in the first phase, about 14,430 of them have not reported to the colleges to claim admissions. In the second phase, the counselling was held for 27,793 seats but only 18,776 seats were filled up.
A total of 2,42,820 have qualified in the Eamcet engineering stream. With the addition of new colleges apart from the increase in seats in the existing colleges, the seats in convenor quota went up from 1,46,155 seats in the first phase to 1,52,124 seats in the second phase.
EAMCET counselling
The final phase of decentralised online counselling through SW-II-AC for admission into engineering courses in minority colleges for the academic year 2009-10 will be held from October 2 to 7 in Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Kadapa and Visakapatnam.
Students who have been admitted in a college through SW-I are eligible to slide in a minority college through SW-II-AC. Admission for all EAMCET 2009 qualified minority candidates and those with more than 50 per cent marks in intermediate will be done in this phase of counselling, informed a release.
Also, those whose parents’ income is less than Rs. 1 lakh can apply for tuition fee reimbursement scheme. Candidates have to get an income certificate by the respective Mandal Revenue Officer.
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Students who have been admitted in a college through SW-I are eligible to slide in a minority college through SW-II-AC. Admission for all EAMCET 2009 qualified minority candidates and those with more than 50 per cent marks in intermediate will be done in this phase of counselling, informed a release.
Also, those whose parents’ income is less than Rs. 1 lakh can apply for tuition fee reimbursement scheme. Candidates have to get an income certificate by the respective Mandal Revenue Officer.
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Friday, September 11, 2009
Engineering admissions last date extended to September 14
The last date for reporting to the colleges for engineering and pharmacy admissions has been extended to September 14 while the second phase would begin two days after that.
APSCHE chairman K.C. Reddy said that the earlier given date of September 11 has been extended to September 14 to give additional time to students. The second phase would be held from September 16 to 23 and more than 11,000 seats would be offered for admission. He said 3,720 seats from 15 new colleges would be added while 2,940 seats have been increased in the existing colleges in various streams.
Prof. Reddy said the council has so far received 539 complaints of which four were purely personal seeking change of seat for family reasons. The remaining complaints were looked into and none of them is found to be genuine where software or allotment process can be questioned. Among the 535 complaints, 29 were cases of rankers below 40,000 not securing seats. Another 473 were above 40,000 ranks and failed to get a seat. All these candidates gave only a few options and thus lost a chance to get admission. On complaints of excess fee collection by college managements, Prof. Reddy said students need to pay only Rs. 5,500 special fee apart from the tuition fee. He asked the students to lodge complaint with the APSCHE if colleges collect excess fee under any pretext.
Meanwhile, students started reporting at the colleges despite the short time given to them. In majority colleges 70 per cent of students reported and by Friday the number is likely to increase. “We are expecting nearly 90 per cent admissions by Friday,” said Rajeshwar Reddy, General Secretary of A.P. Private Engineering Colleges Managements Association.
APSCHE chairman K.C. Reddy said that the earlier given date of September 11 has been extended to September 14 to give additional time to students. The second phase would be held from September 16 to 23 and more than 11,000 seats would be offered for admission. He said 3,720 seats from 15 new colleges would be added while 2,940 seats have been increased in the existing colleges in various streams.
Prof. Reddy said the council has so far received 539 complaints of which four were purely personal seeking change of seat for family reasons. The remaining complaints were looked into and none of them is found to be genuine where software or allotment process can be questioned. Among the 535 complaints, 29 were cases of rankers below 40,000 not securing seats. Another 473 were above 40,000 ranks and failed to get a seat. All these candidates gave only a few options and thus lost a chance to get admission. On complaints of excess fee collection by college managements, Prof. Reddy said students need to pay only Rs. 5,500 special fee apart from the tuition fee. He asked the students to lodge complaint with the APSCHE if colleges collect excess fee under any pretext.
Meanwhile, students started reporting at the colleges despite the short time given to them. In majority colleges 70 per cent of students reported and by Friday the number is likely to increase. “We are expecting nearly 90 per cent admissions by Friday,” said Rajeshwar Reddy, General Secretary of A.P. Private Engineering Colleges Managements Association.
Monday, September 7, 2009
Engineering seats allotted through SMS
The much-awaited seat allotment for engineering and pharmacy courses went off smoothly with students getting information through an SMS on their mobiles about the allotted course and college.
Allotment was done on Sunday evening, based on the options given by students during the web counselling and allotment letters can be downloaded from the website http://apeamcet.nic.in.
Out of the 1,46,155 seats available in the Convenor quota 1,38,671 students were given allotments, which means 94.78 per cent seats were filled, while only 7,484 were left vacant.
Choices
According to officials, 1,60,452 candidates registered for certificate verification while 1,59,826 candidates exercised their web options.
The minimum options given were one while the maximum options given were 2,289.
Candidates now have to log onto the website, enter their hall-ticket number, registration number, date of birth and password for downloading the allotment letter as well as the fee challan. After paying the fee at any branch of Indian Bank or Andhra Bank in the State, candidates have to report to the respective colleges before September 11.
Candidates who secured admission but are not interested in taking up the course can take back their original certificates from the concerned helpline centre by September 11. No cancellation fee will be charged.
However, if they want to attend the second phase of counselling they have to submit the certificates at the helpline centres. The second phase of counselling would be conducted from September 13.
Meanwhile, the leftover seats and seats in newly allotted colleges will be included in the second phase.
Web-counselling led to many controversies in the initial stages but the allotment seems to have put an end to controversies to a large extent with several students expressing satisfaction over the process.
K. Abhishek, who secured 52,000 rank got CSE stream in JBREC. Last year, same seat was available in the college for rankers below 32,000.
Most of his friends too said that allotment was done on the expected lines. Meanwhile, some colleges where management quota seats are still vacant started sending SMSs to candidates with offers at much lesser fee. Rajeshwar Reddy, Correspondent of a college, said that some middlemen are sending the messages to lure students who might be dissatisfied with the allotted college and course.
Allotment was done on Sunday evening, based on the options given by students during the web counselling and allotment letters can be downloaded from the website http://apeamcet.nic.in.
Out of the 1,46,155 seats available in the Convenor quota 1,38,671 students were given allotments, which means 94.78 per cent seats were filled, while only 7,484 were left vacant.
Choices
According to officials, 1,60,452 candidates registered for certificate verification while 1,59,826 candidates exercised their web options.
The minimum options given were one while the maximum options given were 2,289.
Candidates now have to log onto the website, enter their hall-ticket number, registration number, date of birth and password for downloading the allotment letter as well as the fee challan. After paying the fee at any branch of Indian Bank or Andhra Bank in the State, candidates have to report to the respective colleges before September 11.
Candidates who secured admission but are not interested in taking up the course can take back their original certificates from the concerned helpline centre by September 11. No cancellation fee will be charged.
However, if they want to attend the second phase of counselling they have to submit the certificates at the helpline centres. The second phase of counselling would be conducted from September 13.
Meanwhile, the leftover seats and seats in newly allotted colleges will be included in the second phase.
Web-counselling led to many controversies in the initial stages but the allotment seems to have put an end to controversies to a large extent with several students expressing satisfaction over the process.
K. Abhishek, who secured 52,000 rank got CSE stream in JBREC. Last year, same seat was available in the college for rankers below 32,000.
Most of his friends too said that allotment was done on the expected lines. Meanwhile, some colleges where management quota seats are still vacant started sending SMSs to candidates with offers at much lesser fee. Rajeshwar Reddy, Correspondent of a college, said that some middlemen are sending the messages to lure students who might be dissatisfied with the allotted college and course.
Friday, August 28, 2009
MCI scrapped, single council for medical education
In a complete overhaul aimed at cleansing the medical education system in the country, a task force of the Union health ministry has
decided to scrap all regulatory bodies, including the Medical Council of India, Dental Council of India, Pharmacy Council and the Nursing Council, sources revealed.
There will instead be a single regulatory body - National Council for Human Resources in Health - which will oversee seven departments related to medicine, nursing, dentistry, rehabilitation and physiotherapy, pharmacy, public health/hospital management and allied health sciences, sources involved in the revamp process said on Thursday. The move now needs a formal government notification.
This will not only perform the regulatory functions but also carry out assessment and accreditation of medical and health institutions across the country.
Simply put, the council will coordinate the entire gamut of medical and health education in India. This will include drafting courses and the period of study, including practical training, subjects of examination and standards of proficiency, conditions for admissions to courses, provide guidelines on curriculum planning, monitoring and overseeing implementation of UG/PG courses with flexibility for local specific modules.
``Medical education today is dictated by bank balance and caste. The existing councils, besides being unwieldy, have failed to provide a synergistic approach. There is an urgent need for innovation in health-related education. It is unfortunate that medical seats are auctioned in front of students today. This is the best surgical solution for cleansing the system,'' a source told TOI.
The report which was discussed with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on August 26, 2009 by the task force states: ``Professional councils such as the MCI/ Nursing and Pharmacy
Councils have been set up to regulate the practice of their respective professions, including education. However, many of these councils have drawn criticism from all sections of society and got judicial censure on several occasions.''
The council will be constituted as an autonomous body independent of government controls with adequate power, including quasi-judicial.
Private medical colleges also place a heavy burden of fees on students and their admissions procedures are not transparent. The curricula of medical schools both public and private are not designed for producing `social physicians', the report said.
Sources said the Centre will now take this move to all the states before implementing it. On its part, the Union health ministry has already readied a draft bill titled The National Council for Human Resources in Health Draft Bill, 2009.
NATIONAL EXIT TEST
Though all central and state universities shall conduct their own examinations and award degrees, the national council will conduct national-level exit examinations to standardise UG/PG medical and allied health courses. This screening examination shall be mandatory for students who have successfully completed UG from a foreign institution that is not recognised by the council. With this, the National Board of Examinations (NBE) shall be archived.
HOSPITALS TO OFFER PG COURSES
With a mere 9% of the UG medical students offering PG, the task force has proposed that prominent hospitals across the country be allowed to offer post-graduate courses. ``PG seats are so few that students have no option but to study what is given to them rather than what they want to pursue,'' a source said.
decided to scrap all regulatory bodies, including the Medical Council of India, Dental Council of India, Pharmacy Council and the Nursing Council, sources revealed.
There will instead be a single regulatory body - National Council for Human Resources in Health - which will oversee seven departments related to medicine, nursing, dentistry, rehabilitation and physiotherapy, pharmacy, public health/hospital management and allied health sciences, sources involved in the revamp process said on Thursday. The move now needs a formal government notification.
This will not only perform the regulatory functions but also carry out assessment and accreditation of medical and health institutions across the country.
Simply put, the council will coordinate the entire gamut of medical and health education in India. This will include drafting courses and the period of study, including practical training, subjects of examination and standards of proficiency, conditions for admissions to courses, provide guidelines on curriculum planning, monitoring and overseeing implementation of UG/PG courses with flexibility for local specific modules.
``Medical education today is dictated by bank balance and caste. The existing councils, besides being unwieldy, have failed to provide a synergistic approach. There is an urgent need for innovation in health-related education. It is unfortunate that medical seats are auctioned in front of students today. This is the best surgical solution for cleansing the system,'' a source told TOI.
The report which was discussed with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on August 26, 2009 by the task force states: ``Professional councils such as the MCI/ Nursing and Pharmacy
Councils have been set up to regulate the practice of their respective professions, including education. However, many of these councils have drawn criticism from all sections of society and got judicial censure on several occasions.''
The council will be constituted as an autonomous body independent of government controls with adequate power, including quasi-judicial.
Private medical colleges also place a heavy burden of fees on students and their admissions procedures are not transparent. The curricula of medical schools both public and private are not designed for producing `social physicians', the report said.
Sources said the Centre will now take this move to all the states before implementing it. On its part, the Union health ministry has already readied a draft bill titled The National Council for Human Resources in Health Draft Bill, 2009.
NATIONAL EXIT TEST
Though all central and state universities shall conduct their own examinations and award degrees, the national council will conduct national-level exit examinations to standardise UG/PG medical and allied health courses. This screening examination shall be mandatory for students who have successfully completed UG from a foreign institution that is not recognised by the council. With this, the National Board of Examinations (NBE) shall be archived.
HOSPITALS TO OFFER PG COURSES
With a mere 9% of the UG medical students offering PG, the task force has proposed that prominent hospitals across the country be allowed to offer post-graduate courses. ``PG seats are so few that students have no option but to study what is given to them rather than what they want to pursue,'' a source said.
MCI scrapped, single council for medical education
In a complete overhaul aimed at cleansing the medical education system in the country, a task force of the Union health ministry has
decided to scrap all regulatory bodies, including the Medical Council of India, Dental Council of India, Pharmacy Council and the Nursing Council, sources revealed.
There will instead be a single regulatory body - National Council for Human Resources in Health - which will oversee seven departments related to medicine, nursing, dentistry, rehabilitation and physiotherapy, pharmacy, public health/hospital management and allied health sciences, sources involved in the revamp process said on Thursday. The move now needs a formal government notification.
This will not only perform the regulatory functions but also carry out assessment and accreditation of medical and health institutions across the country.
Simply put, the council will coordinate the entire gamut of medical and health education in India. This will include drafting courses and the period of study, including practical training, subjects of examination and standards of proficiency, conditions for admissions to courses, provide guidelines on curriculum planning, monitoring and overseeing implementation of UG/PG courses with flexibility for local specific modules.
``Medical education today is dictated by bank balance and caste. The existing councils, besides being unwieldy, have failed to provide a synergistic approach. There is an urgent need for innovation in health-related education. It is unfortunate that medical seats are auctioned in front of students today. This is the best surgical solution for cleansing the system,'' a source told TOI.
The report which was discussed with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on August 26, 2009 by the task force states: ``Professional councils such as the MCI/ Nursing and Pharmacy
Councils have been set up to regulate the practice of their respective professions, including education. However, many of these councils have drawn criticism from all sections of society and got judicial censure on several occasions.''
The council will be constituted as an autonomous body independent of government controls with adequate power, including quasi-judicial.
Private medical colleges also place a heavy burden of fees on students and their admissions procedures are not transparent. The curricula of medical schools both public and private are not designed for producing `social physicians', the report said.
Sources said the Centre will now take this move to all the states before implementing it. On its part, the Union health ministry has already readied a draft bill titled The National Council for Human Resources in Health Draft Bill, 2009.
NATIONAL EXIT TEST
Though all central and state universities shall conduct their own examinations and award degrees, the national council will conduct national-level exit examinations to standardise UG/PG medical and allied health courses. This screening examination shall be mandatory for students who have successfully completed UG from a foreign institution that is not recognised by the council. With this, the National Board of Examinations (NBE) shall be archived.
HOSPITALS TO OFFER PG COURSES
With a mere 9% of the UG medical students offering PG, the task force has proposed that prominent hospitals across the country be allowed to offer post-graduate courses. ``PG seats are so few that students have no option but to study what is given to them rather than what they want to pursue,'' a source said.
decided to scrap all regulatory bodies, including the Medical Council of India, Dental Council of India, Pharmacy Council and the Nursing Council, sources revealed.
There will instead be a single regulatory body - National Council for Human Resources in Health - which will oversee seven departments related to medicine, nursing, dentistry, rehabilitation and physiotherapy, pharmacy, public health/hospital management and allied health sciences, sources involved in the revamp process said on Thursday. The move now needs a formal government notification.
This will not only perform the regulatory functions but also carry out assessment and accreditation of medical and health institutions across the country.
Simply put, the council will coordinate the entire gamut of medical and health education in India. This will include drafting courses and the period of study, including practical training, subjects of examination and standards of proficiency, conditions for admissions to courses, provide guidelines on curriculum planning, monitoring and overseeing implementation of UG/PG courses with flexibility for local specific modules.
``Medical education today is dictated by bank balance and caste. The existing councils, besides being unwieldy, have failed to provide a synergistic approach. There is an urgent need for innovation in health-related education. It is unfortunate that medical seats are auctioned in front of students today. This is the best surgical solution for cleansing the system,'' a source told TOI.
The report which was discussed with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on August 26, 2009 by the task force states: ``Professional councils such as the MCI/ Nursing and Pharmacy
Councils have been set up to regulate the practice of their respective professions, including education. However, many of these councils have drawn criticism from all sections of society and got judicial censure on several occasions.''
The council will be constituted as an autonomous body independent of government controls with adequate power, including quasi-judicial.
Private medical colleges also place a heavy burden of fees on students and their admissions procedures are not transparent. The curricula of medical schools both public and private are not designed for producing `social physicians', the report said.
Sources said the Centre will now take this move to all the states before implementing it. On its part, the Union health ministry has already readied a draft bill titled The National Council for Human Resources in Health Draft Bill, 2009.
NATIONAL EXIT TEST
Though all central and state universities shall conduct their own examinations and award degrees, the national council will conduct national-level exit examinations to standardise UG/PG medical and allied health courses. This screening examination shall be mandatory for students who have successfully completed UG from a foreign institution that is not recognised by the council. With this, the National Board of Examinations (NBE) shall be archived.
HOSPITALS TO OFFER PG COURSES
With a mere 9% of the UG medical students offering PG, the task force has proposed that prominent hospitals across the country be allowed to offer post-graduate courses. ``PG seats are so few that students have no option but to study what is given to them rather than what they want to pursue,'' a source said.
Monday, August 24, 2009
M.Tech admissions in a mess
Uncertainty looms large over the M.Tech admissions in the state due to the change in admission procedures. Initially, the officials decided to conduct centralised counselling for M.Tech admissions. Later, they opted for decentralised counselling, with each university conducting admissions separately. According to officials, priority will be given to students who have qualified in GATE followed by the students who cleared PGCET, the state-level exam.
While about 30,000 students appeared for the PGCET exam, there are around 11,000 seats in M. Tech and 2,000 seats in M. Pharmacy in the state.
“The decentralised counselling is troublesome for students. We need to apply to every university separately. We will incur additional expenditure towards application fee, travel and boarding to attend counselling separately in each university,” said Mr P. Raghu Ram, a GATE-qualified student.
Some universities have already issued notifications and have begun admissions adding to the confusion among students. The notification issued by the Sri Venkateshwara University did not clarify if the admission will be conducted at university-level or the regional-level.
However, the officials said they were forced to go for decentralised counselling as the existing counselling centres are busy conducting Eamcet, Icet and B.Pharmacy admissions. “It’s difficult to get counselling centres to conduct admissions in centralised mode for M.Tech at this juncture. We are conducting B.Ed admissions at university centres due to non-availability of counselling centres,” said the chairman of AP State Council of Higher Education, Prof K.C.Reddy.
He said three major universities have been asked to conduct admissions at regional-level. So, all colleges under Rayalseema region will be covered by Sri Venkateshwara University, the Andhra region by Andhra University and Telangana region by Osmania University.
While about 30,000 students appeared for the PGCET exam, there are around 11,000 seats in M. Tech and 2,000 seats in M. Pharmacy in the state.
“The decentralised counselling is troublesome for students. We need to apply to every university separately. We will incur additional expenditure towards application fee, travel and boarding to attend counselling separately in each university,” said Mr P. Raghu Ram, a GATE-qualified student.
Some universities have already issued notifications and have begun admissions adding to the confusion among students. The notification issued by the Sri Venkateshwara University did not clarify if the admission will be conducted at university-level or the regional-level.
However, the officials said they were forced to go for decentralised counselling as the existing counselling centres are busy conducting Eamcet, Icet and B.Pharmacy admissions. “It’s difficult to get counselling centres to conduct admissions in centralised mode for M.Tech at this juncture. We are conducting B.Ed admissions at university centres due to non-availability of counselling centres,” said the chairman of AP State Council of Higher Education, Prof K.C.Reddy.
He said three major universities have been asked to conduct admissions at regional-level. So, all colleges under Rayalseema region will be covered by Sri Venkateshwara University, the Andhra region by Andhra University and Telangana region by Osmania University.
Thursday, August 13, 2009
2nd phase of engg. counselling
The State government has decided to go for the second phase of engineering counselling in September in view of change of branches in some colleges by the AICTE and also to provide a second chance to students who may not be pleased with the seat allotment for various reasons. APSCHE Chairman K.C. Reddy said there was a change in intake in around 20 colleges as they had opted for streams like EEE, ECE, Mechanical and Civil in place of IT. Prof. Reddy said the academic calendar would not be disturbed despite the second phase of counselling.
He said another opportunity would be given to students who failed to attend certificate verification for a couple of days and this would be anytime between August 20 and 24.
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Inter to carry 50% weightage in Eamcet
The state government has decided to increase the weight of intermediate marks in Eamcet from the existing 25 per cent to 50 per cent from 2011.
This is part of its long-term plan to phase out the Eamcet as the doorway to professional courses.
“It is ridiculous to have an entrance examination at this juncture,” said a senior official. “We introduced the exam when there were only few seats and a large number of students. But now, the seats are more and students are less.”
Braving criticism from a section of the academia, the government has implemented the 25 per cent Inter marks weight formula this year. Neighbouring states Tamil Nadu and Karnataka have also increased the weightage of the Class-XII marks in the common entrance test.
Officials said the craze for Eamcet has reached unhealthy levels and was affecting intermediate education.
“Students and colleges are concentrating only on Eamcet and ignoring the Intermediate examinations,” said Mr K.C. Reddy, chairman of the State Higher Education Council.
Though the state government decided to give weightage to Intermediate marks after much thought, the decision provoked criticism that it would increase rich-poor divisions.
“The new system has actually benefited the urban people who can afford corporate college education for their children,” said the government whip, Dr S. Sailajanath.
However, the technical education minister, Mr M. Venkata Ramana, said the measure would help poor students. “Since Eamcet is conducted for 160 marks, a student would be able to get a maximum of 40 marks under the new system.”
This is part of its long-term plan to phase out the Eamcet as the doorway to professional courses.
“It is ridiculous to have an entrance examination at this juncture,” said a senior official. “We introduced the exam when there were only few seats and a large number of students. But now, the seats are more and students are less.”
Braving criticism from a section of the academia, the government has implemented the 25 per cent Inter marks weight formula this year. Neighbouring states Tamil Nadu and Karnataka have also increased the weightage of the Class-XII marks in the common entrance test.
Officials said the craze for Eamcet has reached unhealthy levels and was affecting intermediate education.
“Students and colleges are concentrating only on Eamcet and ignoring the Intermediate examinations,” said Mr K.C. Reddy, chairman of the State Higher Education Council.
Though the state government decided to give weightage to Intermediate marks after much thought, the decision provoked criticism that it would increase rich-poor divisions.
“The new system has actually benefited the urban people who can afford corporate college education for their children,” said the government whip, Dr S. Sailajanath.
However, the technical education minister, Mr M. Venkata Ramana, said the measure would help poor students. “Since Eamcet is conducted for 160 marks, a student would be able to get a maximum of 40 marks under the new system.”
Friday, July 17, 2009
Free engineering seats to be scrapped
There will be no “free seats” in engineering colleges this year. The state has decided to stop AICTE’s “tuition fee waiver scheme” as it has extended the “total fee reimbursement scheme” to all the students, whose annual family income is below Rs 1 lakh.
The AICTE had introduced the scheme for women, economically backward students (annual income less than Rs 2.5 lakh) and physically handicapped meritorious students in 2007.
Last year, about 5,000 students in the state had availed the AICTE’s scheme and secured seats in some of the top engineering colleges.
Under the scheme, any recognised college affiliated to AICTE can voluntarily waiver the tuition fee up to 10 per cent of its sanctioned intake of students. The institution is allowed to admit 10 per cent additional students in the same discipline.
However, the introduction of ‘total fee reimbursement’ scheme by the state government during the last academic year had affected the AICTE’s scheme.
The fee reimbursement scheme was applicable to only reserved quota students from BC, SC, ST, PHC and minorities during the last academic year. But the government has extended the scheme to students from economically backward classes (EBCs) from this year. The officials of higher education department said there was no need to implement AICTE’s scheme as the state has been implementing the fee reimbursement scheme for all the students from this year.
However, students said that with the AICTE’s scheme, EBC families with an income of up to Rs 2.5 lakh per annum could avail the “tuition fee waiver”. But, now only families with an income of below Rs 1 lakh per annum can avail the state government’s “total fee reimbursement scheme”. Several EBC students with income limit in the range of above Rs 1 lakh and below Rs 2.5 lakh will lose the opportunity to pursue engineering courses, they said.
A few EBC unions are planning to meet the Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy, to urge him to continue the scheme.
The AICTE had introduced the scheme for women, economically backward students (annual income less than Rs 2.5 lakh) and physically handicapped meritorious students in 2007.
Last year, about 5,000 students in the state had availed the AICTE’s scheme and secured seats in some of the top engineering colleges.
Under the scheme, any recognised college affiliated to AICTE can voluntarily waiver the tuition fee up to 10 per cent of its sanctioned intake of students. The institution is allowed to admit 10 per cent additional students in the same discipline.
However, the introduction of ‘total fee reimbursement’ scheme by the state government during the last academic year had affected the AICTE’s scheme.
The fee reimbursement scheme was applicable to only reserved quota students from BC, SC, ST, PHC and minorities during the last academic year. But the government has extended the scheme to students from economically backward classes (EBCs) from this year. The officials of higher education department said there was no need to implement AICTE’s scheme as the state has been implementing the fee reimbursement scheme for all the students from this year.
However, students said that with the AICTE’s scheme, EBC families with an income of up to Rs 2.5 lakh per annum could avail the “tuition fee waiver”. But, now only families with an income of below Rs 1 lakh per annum can avail the state government’s “total fee reimbursement scheme”. Several EBC students with income limit in the range of above Rs 1 lakh and below Rs 2.5 lakh will lose the opportunity to pursue engineering courses, they said.
A few EBC unions are planning to meet the Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy, to urge him to continue the scheme.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Engg. aspirants caught in ‘web’
Web counselling introduced from this academic year for engineering and pharmacy courses doesn’t seem to be fair for students since it robs them of the comfort factor while choosing their choice of course and institution.
The process that is likely to reduce the cumbersome counselling procedure will create more problems for students rather than making them comfortable, feels J.R. Subrahmanayam, an IT expert who is involved with the Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQUIP) of World Bank.
Though more than 3,000 options are being offered, students will not be able to exercise more than 20 to 30 options.
Realistically, every student looks at not more than 30 options taking into account the quality of college and proximity, which are two parameters that are generally considered while taking admission. In the previous online counselling procedure students had this advantage of comparison between these parameters vis-À-vis the choice of course. Even the top rankers will have a slight disadvantage in this aspect in web counselling and they may land up in the less preferred college or course, he feels.
Academics also remind that future of the student would get locked up during the counselling and now they would be taking a blind shot through this process. “How can such an unfair situation be allowed for counselling if the government feels the procedure is cumbersome and time consuming,” Prof. Subrahmanyam asks.
The possibility of candidates getting closer to their choice looks uncertain through web counselling, he feels.
Moreover, students will be choosing their preferences based on last year’s seat matrix but demand for courses change from time-to-time and previous year’s matrix cannot be the right model, feel many teachers. For example preference for Computer Sciences and IT will come down drastically this year unlike last year. A year before that situation was totally different. Such wild swings cannot be the basis for choosing preferences.
Apprehensions
Teachers also feel that web counselling for Polytechnics and Engineering colleges cannot be compared given the huge variations in numbers, demand, background of students and the value of degree. Moreover, the government has done little to infuse confidence among students and parents on the process apart from making them comfortable with the new system.
The process that is likely to reduce the cumbersome counselling procedure will create more problems for students rather than making them comfortable, feels J.R. Subrahmanayam, an IT expert who is involved with the Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQUIP) of World Bank.
Though more than 3,000 options are being offered, students will not be able to exercise more than 20 to 30 options.
Realistically, every student looks at not more than 30 options taking into account the quality of college and proximity, which are two parameters that are generally considered while taking admission. In the previous online counselling procedure students had this advantage of comparison between these parameters vis-À-vis the choice of course. Even the top rankers will have a slight disadvantage in this aspect in web counselling and they may land up in the less preferred college or course, he feels.
Academics also remind that future of the student would get locked up during the counselling and now they would be taking a blind shot through this process. “How can such an unfair situation be allowed for counselling if the government feels the procedure is cumbersome and time consuming,” Prof. Subrahmanyam asks.
The possibility of candidates getting closer to their choice looks uncertain through web counselling, he feels.
Moreover, students will be choosing their preferences based on last year’s seat matrix but demand for courses change from time-to-time and previous year’s matrix cannot be the right model, feel many teachers. For example preference for Computer Sciences and IT will come down drastically this year unlike last year. A year before that situation was totally different. Such wild swings cannot be the basis for choosing preferences.
Apprehensions
Teachers also feel that web counselling for Polytechnics and Engineering colleges cannot be compared given the huge variations in numbers, demand, background of students and the value of degree. Moreover, the government has done little to infuse confidence among students and parents on the process apart from making them comfortable with the new system.
Monday, July 13, 2009
‘There is no short-cut to hard work’
About 20 per cent of students pursuing medical education in India drop out due to either losing interest in it or unable to understand the dynamics of the course due to various reasons and to help students of Katuri Medical College, the management organised a symposium on ‘Medical education’ on Sunday.
The symposium was formally inaugurated by veteran surgeon of Guntur Kasaraneni, who asked the students to protect the morality in the profession and said it was a sacred act of public service. Guntur Government General Hospital Superintendent D. Phanibhushan explained the latest trends, opportunities in medical education and said there was no short-cut to hard work. The students opting for the medicine stream need to get prepared for a long period of education till they completed post-graduation to become expert in any particular super-specialty.
College executive director Y. Rajeswara Rao said such symposium was needed to help students cope with medical education, and understand what were the openings for the students passing out of MBBS. College Dean KSN Rao explained about the importance of medical profession, importance of selecting the right institution, need for practical work and exposure in hospitals etc. The Katuri Medical College with latest equipment like MRI scan and CT Scan could provide good exposure to the students in the attached Hospital at Chinakondrupadu.
Some students took admission for fancy, but later choose not to pursue the profession, which was loss of time and money, said Mr. Rajeswara Rao.
The symposium was formally inaugurated by veteran surgeon of Guntur Kasaraneni, who asked the students to protect the morality in the profession and said it was a sacred act of public service. Guntur Government General Hospital Superintendent D. Phanibhushan explained the latest trends, opportunities in medical education and said there was no short-cut to hard work. The students opting for the medicine stream need to get prepared for a long period of education till they completed post-graduation to become expert in any particular super-specialty.
College executive director Y. Rajeswara Rao said such symposium was needed to help students cope with medical education, and understand what were the openings for the students passing out of MBBS. College Dean KSN Rao explained about the importance of medical profession, importance of selecting the right institution, need for practical work and exposure in hospitals etc. The Katuri Medical College with latest equipment like MRI scan and CT Scan could provide good exposure to the students in the attached Hospital at Chinakondrupadu.
Some students took admission for fancy, but later choose not to pursue the profession, which was loss of time and money, said Mr. Rajeswara Rao.
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Tech, pharma fee decision on July 4
The Admissions and Fee Regulation Committee (AFRC) will finalise the fee for engineering and pharmacy courses on July 4 and for MBA and MCA courses on July 6.
The AFRC, comprising retired judges, met here on Wednesday and discussed the matter with the representatives of private professional colleges. The colleges demanded a hike of 40 per cent to 60 per cent citing additional expenditure on account of UGC’s new pay scales and increase in property tax. The colleges demanded the fee to be raised from the present Rs
32,500 to Rs 55,000 per annum.
However, the officials of the higher education department who were present at the meeting strongly objected to this. The officials contended that the fee had been hiked 22 per cent since 2006-07. The fee hike will put more burden on the state government because as many as 70 per cent of the total students admitted are financed by the government under the fee reimbursement scheme for reserved quota students.
While urban colleges demanded raising the management quota seats to about 50 per cent from the existing 25 per cent, the rural colleges opposed this saying that there are few takers for management quota seats in rural colleges and are not in a position to fill up even the present 25 per cent quota.
Sources in the AFRC said that it may agree only for a moderate hike in fee structure. It is also considering the option of increasing the management quota seats by a small percentage.
The AFRC, comprising retired judges, met here on Wednesday and discussed the matter with the representatives of private professional colleges. The colleges demanded a hike of 40 per cent to 60 per cent citing additional expenditure on account of UGC’s new pay scales and increase in property tax. The colleges demanded the fee to be raised from the present Rs
32,500 to Rs 55,000 per annum.
However, the officials of the higher education department who were present at the meeting strongly objected to this. The officials contended that the fee had been hiked 22 per cent since 2006-07. The fee hike will put more burden on the state government because as many as 70 per cent of the total students admitted are financed by the government under the fee reimbursement scheme for reserved quota students.
While urban colleges demanded raising the management quota seats to about 50 per cent from the existing 25 per cent, the rural colleges opposed this saying that there are few takers for management quota seats in rural colleges and are not in a position to fill up even the present 25 per cent quota.
Sources in the AFRC said that it may agree only for a moderate hike in fee structure. It is also considering the option of increasing the management quota seats by a small percentage.
Sunday, June 21, 2009
EAMCET results to be out today
EAMCET results to be out today
(1) http://www.apeamcet.org (2) www.indg.in (3) http://eamcet.corecrux.com (4) http://results.sol.net.in/ (5) http://www.schools9.com (6) http://results.educationandhra.com (7) http://www.tickbs.com (8) http://www.rajivcitizenservices.co (9) http://www.studyshared.com (10) http://www.results.betechs.com (11) http://www.manabadi.com (12) http://www.manabadi.co.in (13) http://www.results.manabadi.co.in (14) http://www.vidyavision.com (15) http://www.nettlinxresults.net (16) http://results.nelloremail.com (17) http://www.examshub.com (18) http://www.GoEamcet.com (19) http://www.getyourresults.com (20) http://www.bhartiresults.com (21) http://pratibhaplus.com (22) http://www.eamcet-results.com (23) http://www.searchandhra.com (24) http://www.aarvy.com (25) http://www.schools.aarvy.com (26) http://www.kluniversity.in (27) http://www.jpelearn.com (28) http://www.integrityedu.com (29) http://andhrapradeshstate.in (30) http://www.6students.com.
Students from remote places may dial 1255560 or 12630099 from BSNL landline or mobile to get their results through Automated Voice Response System. They may also dial 5054242, 5052828, 1255510/14/24/64 or 540406 from Airtel, Aircel, Vodafone, Idea, BSNL, TATA or Reliance phones for voice response.
(1) http://www.apeamcet.org (2) www.indg.in (3) http://eamcet.corecrux.com (4) http://results.sol.net.in/ (5) http://www.schools9.com (6) http://results.educationandhra.com (7) http://www.tickbs.com (8) http://www.rajivcitizenservices.co (9) http://www.studyshared.com (10) http://www.results.betechs.com (11) http://www.manabadi.com (12) http://www.manabadi.co.in (13) http://www.results.manabadi.co.in (14) http://www.vidyavision.com (15) http://www.nettlinxresults.net (16) http://results.nelloremail.com (17) http://www.examshub.com (18) http://www.GoEamcet.com (19) http://www.getyourresults.com (20) http://www.bhartiresults.com (21) http://pratibhaplus.com (22) http://www.eamcet-results.com (23) http://www.searchandhra.com (24) http://www.aarvy.com (25) http://www.schools.aarvy.com (26) http://www.kluniversity.in (27) http://www.jpelearn.com (28) http://www.integrityedu.com (29) http://andhrapradeshstate.in (30) http://www.6students.com.
Students from remote places may dial 1255560 or 12630099 from BSNL landline or mobile to get their results through Automated Voice Response System. They may also dial 5054242, 5052828, 1255510/14/24/64 or 540406 from Airtel, Aircel, Vodafone, Idea, BSNL, TATA or Reliance phones for voice response.
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
City students score Eamcet top marks
City students stole the show in the Eamcet-2009 results that were announced on Monday. The top five scorers in the medical stream and three out of the top five in the engineering stream are from the city. Ranks will be announced on June 22 after adding 25 per cent weight for Intermediate marks.
While students of Sri Chaitanya Group secured highest marks in the state in both engineering and medical streams, students of Narayana Group got highest marks in engineering and second highest marks in the medical stream. Ms Kota Keerthana, Mr Santhosh Swaminathan and Ms Nalla Raveena, all from Sri Chaitanya, top-scored with 149 marks out of 160 in the medical stream.
Mr Golukonda Bala Aditya, from Narayana Group, stood second in the medical stream with 147 marks. Mr C. Shivakumar Kash-yap, from Sri Chaitanya, shared the engineering stream top marks of 153 with two students of Narayana Group, Mr Gopala Krishna Murthy and Shaik Allauddin. As many as 39 engineering students and 78 medical students from Sri Chaitanya scored the top-100 marks; as did 52 students in engineering and 21 in medical stream from Narayana. Other toppers from Sri Chaitanya in the medical stream include Ms K. Meg-hana (147) and Ms K Krishna Teja (146).
Mr Raghavendra Mahen-drakar (148), Mr T. Venkateswara Rao (146), Mr M. Dheeraj Kumar (144) and Mr J. Govardhan Reddy (144) came on top in the engineering stream. From the Narayana Group Mr B. Sravan (152), Mr L. Santhosh Kumar (150), Mr G. Sai Sravan Kumar (150) did well in engineering.
In medical stream, the toppers from Narayana Group are Mr Ankam Sai Ram (145), K. Varsha. (145), Mr Srikanth Reddy Gangula (145).
While students of Sri Chaitanya Group secured highest marks in the state in both engineering and medical streams, students of Narayana Group got highest marks in engineering and second highest marks in the medical stream. Ms Kota Keerthana, Mr Santhosh Swaminathan and Ms Nalla Raveena, all from Sri Chaitanya, top-scored with 149 marks out of 160 in the medical stream.
Mr Golukonda Bala Aditya, from Narayana Group, stood second in the medical stream with 147 marks. Mr C. Shivakumar Kash-yap, from Sri Chaitanya, shared the engineering stream top marks of 153 with two students of Narayana Group, Mr Gopala Krishna Murthy and Shaik Allauddin. As many as 39 engineering students and 78 medical students from Sri Chaitanya scored the top-100 marks; as did 52 students in engineering and 21 in medical stream from Narayana. Other toppers from Sri Chaitanya in the medical stream include Ms K. Meg-hana (147) and Ms K Krishna Teja (146).
Mr Raghavendra Mahen-drakar (148), Mr T. Venkateswara Rao (146), Mr M. Dheeraj Kumar (144) and Mr J. Govardhan Reddy (144) came on top in the engineering stream. From the Narayana Group Mr B. Sravan (152), Mr L. Santhosh Kumar (150), Mr G. Sai Sravan Kumar (150) did well in engineering.
In medical stream, the toppers from Narayana Group are Mr Ankam Sai Ram (145), K. Varsha. (145), Mr Srikanth Reddy Gangula (145).
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