LUCKNOW: There will be no negative marking in State Entrance Examinations (SEE-2007), organised by UP Technical University (UPTU), this year. However, candidates resorting to ‘guess work’ while attempting multiple choice questions would be at a loss. In case of a tie, an aspirant with less number of incorrect answers will be given preference over others in the merit list.
The cut off marks for final selections have also been increased. While for general and other backward class candidates, cut-off marks will be 25 per cent, scheduled caste and scheduled tribe candidates will have to score at least 20 per cent to make it to the merit list.
Till last year, cut off marks for general and other backward class candidates was 10 per cent and for scheduled caste and scheduled tribe candidates, five per cent.
Giving this information at a press conference on Monday, vice-chancellor, UP Technical University, Prof Prem Vrat said that over 11.26 lakh aspirants would be appearing in the SEE 2007 conducted for admissions in various technical and management institutes affiliated to UPTU. The SEE 2007 will be conducted on April 21 and 22 at 211 examination centres spread in 26 cities of the state.
There will be 12 nodal centres to manage these examinations. While 33 nodal centre officers and 604 centre controllers will be deputed for smooth conduct of the SEE 2007, as many as 62 flying squads would be on the prowl to check use of unfair means in the examinations.
Controller of examinations, UPTU, Prof VK Singh, said that admit cards have been sent to the candidates. However, those who do not receive admit cards on time can download the same from the UPTU website from April 17 onwards.Click here to download UPTU SEE 2007 Admid Card
Over hundred institutes are affiliated to UPTU. There are 33854 seats in BTech, 3810 in BPharma, 290 in BArch, 430 in hotel management, 8835 in MBA and 6277 in MCA.
Source: TOI
NDTV News reports - Medical and dental colleges in Maharashtra are selling seats, meant for NRIs to local students for lakhs of rupees.
The colleges are allowed to charge almost three times more for NRI seats but many of them have admitted 'fake' NRIs instead.
Every medical and dental college can reserve 15 per cent seats for NRI students who can be charged nearly three times the fees, compared to general category.
An NRI seat costs upto Rs 6 lakh in medical colleges and over Rs 4 lakh in dental colleges, compared to an average Rs 2.5 lakh in general category.
NRI seats are given out on the condition that the students are legitimate, either NRIs or wards of NRIs.
But now the Pravesh Niyantran Samiti that monitors admissions has found that several of the state's private medical and dental colleges have admitted fake NRI students, all for big money.
The committee has now cancelled admissions of these fake NRI students. In five private medical colleges, it has cancelled nearly 80 per cent NRI admissions.
In colleges like MGM all NRI admissions were found fake. The same goes for private dental colleges where 35 per cent of NRI admissions were cancelled.
Cracking down on the defaulters, the admissions watchdog says that none of these colleges could ''produce even a scrap of paper in support of the claim that the student admitted against NRI quota seats is a ''ward'' or can legally claim to be a ''ward'' of an NRI.''
It appears to be a clear sale of valuable seats by medical and dental colleges to those who can afford to buy them.
NRI quota students need not give the tough Common Entrance Test. Their only eligibility criteria is that they are genuine NRI or their wards. All they need are deep pockets to become a doctor or a dentist.
But now these fake NRI students will lose a year of medical or dental education for which they have paid big money.
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AHMEDABAD, KOLKATA, APR 22: IIM aspirants, already under tremendous pressure, may be in for a rude shock in days to come because many educators feel the AICTE directive —asking private B-schools to refund fees to those getting admission in an IIM — is not legally tenable.
Nearly 3,000 students have appeared for interviews for a total of 1,350 seats at six IIMs. But, many who do not want to take chances, have also applied elsewhere. If they pay fees and get admission in other B-schools and then decide to switch over to an IIM after results are declared, they may have to forfeit the entire fee. Further, the fact that admissions to most of the private B-schools are either over or would be over in the next week or so makes the government action a classis case of “locking the stable after the horse has bolted”, said an IIM chief.
Government sources said though AICTE (All India Council of Technical Education) was a regulatory body, it had no teeth to ensure institutes strictly adhered to its diktat.
AICTE has been able to do precious little to improve the quality of technical education in the country, control the fees charged, standardise the course content or student selection at these private institutes, they said.
“That’s because apart from issuing show cause notices to those who do not adhere to stipulated guidelines or threaten them with de-recognition, the AICTE can do almost nothing,” said an IIM faculty member. Also, there are premier institutes like the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad that does not even fall under the AICTE ambit. “If a student opts for ISB, the first semester fees is roughly Rs 1.5-2 lakh. What can the AICTE do to get ISB refund the money?” questioned an IIM source.
For instance, Meghan Agarwal from Kolkata, who has got interview calls from two IIMs, did not take the risk of waiting for the final IIM list. She paid Rs 2 lakh and took admission at XLRI, Jamshedpur. Hopefully, XLRI will refund her fees if her name figures in the final IIM list and she decides to join one of the IIMs.
Her brother Mehul Agarwal, who stood first in IIM Calcutta CAT test, however is awaiting the final IIM list. He had interview calls from five of the six IIMs and is quite sure he will make it to one of them. But many are not fortunate as Mehul.
“Already IIMs have said that due to the delay in the admission procedure, there would be no three weeks prepatory course work. I believe graduate students like us will suffer most as the course work is one of the ways to create an uniformity of standards for students coming from various disciplines,” said Aayush Killa, again from Kolkata, who has got calls from four IIMs.
Vatsal Desai, another IIM aspirant from Delhi said, “If the IIMs don't announce the list till April 30, it will be a major concern not only for me but also for many others. Finance is a major issue. If I take admission somewhere else and pay the fee and later I get a call from the IIMs and want to go there, my parents will not able to pay the fee again. This will be a major blow.”
There are colleges where after certain days major chunk of the money are not returned, Desai added. Things are not better for those who are already working. Consider the case of Avik Mittal currently working in Tata Consultancy Services in Mumbai. He had received calls from four IIMs.
Mittal has to serve a notice period of three months before he can leave the organisation. “Since the results are being delayed, I will not be able to serve the required notice period. This quota issue is creating a major problem,” says Mittal
Source Financial Express
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In a bid to pre-empt professional institutions from taking undue advantage of the stalemate over reservation for Other Backward Classes, the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has instructed all technical institutions to refund fees and original documents to students who want to withdraw their admissions.
Violation of these instructions can attract punitive action including withdrawal of approval and recognition of erring institutions and universities.
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Instructions to Technical Institutions, Universities including Deemed to the Universities imparting Technical Education regarding matters concerning charging of fees, refund of fees and other student related issues.
All India for Technical Education (AICTE) has been empowered interalia under section 10(n) of AICTE Act to “Take all necessary steps to prevent commercialization of technical education”. In compliance with the provisions under AICTE Act and in the light of directions of Govt. of India issued under section 20 (1) of AICTE Act vide Letter No.(U.1 (A) Section), it has been decided to issue instructions to the Technical Institutions, Universities including Deemed to be Universities imparting Technical Education in the matters concerning students.
And Whereas, Institutions and Universities are also reportedly confiscating the fee paid if a student fails to join by such dates:
And Whereas, certificates in original are being detained by institutions and Universities to force retention of admitted students;
And, whereas the time-limit for students to join the courses / programmes is also being advanced in some cases unrealistically so as to pre-empt students / candidates from exercising other options of joining other Institutions of their choice.
In the event of a student / candidate withdrawing before the starting of the course, the wait listed candidates should be given admissions against the vacant seat. The entire fee collected from the student, after the deduction of the processing fee of not more than Rs.1000/- (Rupees thousand only) shall be refunded and returned by the Institution / University to the student / Candidate withdrawing from the programme. It would not permissible for Institutions and Universities to retain the School / Institution. Leaving Certificates withdrawing from the programme. It would not be permissible for Institutions and Universities to retain the School / Institution Leaving Certificates in original. Should a student leave after joining the course and if the seat consequently falling vacant has been filled by another candidate by the last date of admission, the Institution must return the fee collected with proportionate deductions of monthly fee and proportionate hostel rent, where applicable.
Any violation of instructions issued by the AICTE, shall call for punitive action including withdrawal of approval and recognition of erring institutions and Universities. AICTE shall on its own or receipt of specific complaints from those affected take all such steps as may be necessary to enforce these directions.
Source: AICTE Website
MANGALORE: The Government will conduct a Common Entrance Test (CET) in 11 subjects for admission to post-graduation courses in universities in the State for the academic year 2007-08, according to sources in Mangalore University.
The subjects to be covered are microbiology, biotechnology, biochemistry, physics, chemistry, commerce, history, political science, economics, social work (for Master of Social Work course) and education (for Master of Education course).
Mysore and Karnatak universities would jointly conduct the CET. Mangalagangotri campus of Mangalore University would be one of the test centres, the sources said. The dates for CET are yet to be announced.
Students who had appeared for the final year degree examinations in the academic year 2006-07 could appear for the CET, they said. While preparing the question papers for each subject, the syllabi of all universities in that particular subject would be taken into consideration, they said.
The Government had fixed minimum qualifying marks for each subject covered by the CET as eligibility for admission to post-graduation courses.
A candidate had to obtain the minimum qualifying marks in a particular subject in the degree course.
If a candidate failed to obtain the minimum qualifying marks in a particular subject and scored top marks in the CET in the same subject, then the candidate would not be eligible to seek admission for post-graduation course in that subject in any university, the sources said.
Hence, only scoring top marks in a particular subject in the CET would not be enough to seek admission to a post-graduation course.
The candidate had to obtain the minimum qualifying marks in a particular subject in the degree course to pursue post-graduation in that particular subject, the sources said.
Source the Hindu
