The 'Forum for Fairness in Education' has decided to file a contempt case against the state government for violating the apex court's order on private medical and dental college seats. The SC directive states that private medical and dental colleges have to surrender vacant seats to the government after the second round of admission. The government can allot these seats to meritorious candidates.
The agenda of the session also includes discussion on developing the programmes of higher education institutions, particularly the criteria governing licences for the opening of private higher education institutions and tie-up with academic institutions abroad. Shaikh Khalid bin Hilal al Maawali, Chairman of Majlis Ash’shura, encouraged the members to engage in objective discussion with the minister to highlight areas of challenge and help promote the government’s efforts to develop the higher education sector.
Twenty-seven students who took admission in various private engineering colleges directly after Odisha joint entrance examination (OJEE) counseling was over last year stand to lose their seats. The government has decided to withdraw their admission rights and not allow them to appear the semester examinations of Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT) beginning from Saturday.
Nine private colleges in Eastern Visayas region were allowed by the Commission on Higher Education (Ched) to increase their school fees for school year 2013-2014.
El Rector de la Universidad de Chile planteó sus reparos a la propuesta del ministerio de Salud de suprimir el Examen Único Nacional de Conocimientos de Medicina (Eunacom), "es inaceptable en momentos en que los Tribunales de Justicia están investigando delitos vinculados a acreditaciones de universidades privadas”, sostuvo.