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Telangana: Engineering colleges break merit rule, irk students

HYDERABAD: Engineering students seeking admission in B-category (management quota) have hit a roadblock as many private colleges have stopped receiving applications. This, despite the Telangana government instructing the colleges to keep the application window open till October 5.


As per the admission rules, 70% of the seats fall under A-category or convener quota and the remaining 30% seats fall under B-category seats or management quota.

Seats under the B-category are filled based on engineering, agriculture and medical common entrance test ( Eamcet ), joint entrance examination (Main) score or intermediate marks.


As per guidelines stipulated by the Telangana State Council of Higher Education ( TSCHE ), these seats have to be filled by the management on merit by duly notifying them. However, students rue that private engineering colleges are informing them that the seats under B-category have been filled. “In some colleges, I was informed that the seats are already filled. How can they fill these seats without even notifying them,” said a student.


Members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) represented the matter to the Telangana State Admission Fee Regulatory Committee ( TAFRC ). “All colleges must give notification through newspapers and give a chance to students to apply for it. Thereafter, they must submit the list of admissions to the higher education council for rectification. But not all colleges are following this norm,” said Thota Srinivas , ABVP Telangana state technical cell convenor.


The TAFRC has received many such complaints from students and has warned colleges of the same. “There have been allegations by certain students and student organisations that private professional colleges are not receiving applications of certain students for admission under B-category. Consequently, they are losing the opportunity of joining private professional colleges and candidates who are less meritorious are getting the opportunity,” read a notification issued by the TAFRC.


Following complaints from students, the TAFRC has decided to consider students applications and forward them to the respective colleges. “Students whose applications have been denied by institutions for admission can submit their applications along with required documents to us by October 1. Admissions under B-category are subject to ratification by the TSCHE and they will be thoroughly scrutinized to check if the merit rule has been followed,” said Justice Swaroop Reddy , chairman, TAFRC.

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