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Relief for students as Karna pvt colleges agree for 75:25 formula
Bangalore, Aug 22: In a major relief to thousands of students, management`s of private colleges in Karnataka today agreed to leave 75 per cent of the seats to government and retain 25 per cent with them for admission to professional courses for academic year 2003-04.
Bangalore, Aug 22: In a major relief to thousands of students, management's of private colleges in Karnataka today agreed to leave 75 per cent of the seats to government and
retain 25 per cent with them for admission to professional courses for academic year 2003-04.
Breaking the logjam, the management's agreed for the 75:25 seat sharing arrangement at a meeting called by Chief Minister S M Krishna to find a solution to the admission issue
following the Supreme Court verdict fixing 50:50 formula.
Today's decision comes as a big relief to students aspiring for admission to engineering, medical and dental courses as the counselling process was nearing completion when it had to be suspended due to the Supreme Court judgement. Implementing the recent apex court ruling from this academic year would have meant initiating the entire process afresh. Counselling would now resume on Monday next only for the seats for which the exercise was incomplete.
Briefing reporters, minister for higher education G Parameshwara said the solution would hold good only for 2003-2004 and stressed that with the decision to retain the seat matrix worked out before the apex court judgement, interests of students had been protected.
Before the Supreme Court verdict, state government had hammered out a 75:25 seat sharing formula and gone ahead with the counselling process, which was upheld by the state high court along with the fee structure worked out by it. Management's of unaided colleges had, however, locked horns with the government and moved the apex court which clarified ambiguities in its earlier order and fixed 50 per cent quota each for management's and government.
Bureau Report
Today's decision comes as a big relief to students aspiring for admission to engineering, medical and dental courses as the counselling process was nearing completion when it had to be suspended due to the Supreme Court judgement. Implementing the recent apex court ruling from this academic year would have meant initiating the entire process afresh. Counselling would now resume on Monday next only for the seats for which the exercise was incomplete.
Briefing reporters, minister for higher education G Parameshwara said the solution would hold good only for 2003-2004 and stressed that with the decision to retain the seat matrix worked out before the apex court judgement, interests of students had been protected.
Before the Supreme Court verdict, state government had hammered out a 75:25 seat sharing formula and gone ahead with the counselling process, which was upheld by the state high court along with the fee structure worked out by it. Management's of unaided colleges had, however, locked horns with the government and moved the apex court which clarified ambiguities in its earlier order and fixed 50 per cent quota each for management's and government.
Bureau Report