After 347 colleges fail to appoint full-time principals by deadline, university bars them from fresh admissions, offers other institutions extra seats to accommodate 10,000 students
After 347 colleges fail to appoint full-time principals by deadline, university bars them from fresh admissions, offers other institutions extra seats to accommodate 10,000 students
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Your loss is other colleges' gain ufffd that's what the University of Pune has decided to tell colleges that have failed to abide by its May 31 deadline to appoint full-time principals.
After it was decided in a Senate meeting a few days ago to not allow 347 colleges without full-time principals to admit first-year students, other colleges will now be able to admit 10 per cent more students to make up for the reduction in seats.
The 347 colleges will not be allowed to admit new students, and this means a loss of about 10,000 seats.
In a letter sent by Seetaram Joshi, deputy registrar of academic section, to principals of arts, commerce and science colleges, the university stated that all colleges interested in increasing seats should submit a proposal to this effect by July 10.
"Many colleges had expressed an interest in increasing seats," said Joshi. "The university has decided to allow 10 per cent increase in seats for colleges."
But there are certain conditions. The most important of them is that the colleges should have appointed full-time principals and teachers if they want to increase seats.
"No college should admit students before getting requisite permissions from the University," said Joshi.
It was also decided that the fees for students admitted after the creation of the 10 per cent extra seats will be the same as for other students.
At the Senate meeting, members had expressed concern over the overall loss of seats because 347 colleges would not be allowed to admit fresh students.
"A large number of students have passed their junior college and are waiting to get into degree college. While a large chunk would go to engineering, medical, architecture and technical courses, the problem is ccommodating the remaining, since 347 colleges aren't allowed to admit students," said a Senate member. "With 10 per cent more seats, these will now be adjusted in other colleges."
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