Hyderabad, July 7: Eamcet toppers may not find a place in the top engineering colleges of the state as most of the institutes are vying for “deemed university” status this year. Once the colleges are accorded “deemed” status, they will automatically come out of the purview of the state government. The status will enable the colleges to conduct entrance examination and admissions on their own.
Academicians fear this will lead to a situation where money will count more than merit to secure admissions in the top colleges. They said students from economically backward classes will not be able to make it to top colleges in spite of having merit in the qualifying examination. Last year, Gitam Engineering College in Visakhapatnam secured “deemed” status during the midst of Eamcet counselling.
The issue turned controversial as the college refused to accept admissions already made by Eamcet convenor. Ultimately, the government was forced to intervene in the issue and pacify the college management to accept the admissions for that year and said it will not interfere in the admissions process from the following year.
Several engineering colleges known to be in the “Top-10 league” applied for deemed status this year and were awaiting University Grants Commission’s “no objection certificate” for according “deemed” status. According to official sources, the state government has already issued NOC to Vignan Engineering college at Vadlamudi in Guntur, Koneru Laxmaiah Engineering College in Vijayawada, Rajiv Gandhi Memorial Engineering College in Nandyal and Gayatri Vidya Parishad in Visakhapatnam.
(Source : DC)
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