Alrededor de 140,000 estudiantes universitarios de escuelas privadas en la entidad se verían afectados con la aplicación del IVA a colegiaturas, tal como lo propone la iniciativa de reforma hacendaria que presentó el gobierno federal el pasado 8 de septiembre.
El rector de la Universidad Internacional de Andalucía (UNIA), Juan Manuel Suárez Japón, abogón ayer, en la inauguración de los cursos de verano de la sede de la Cartuja de Sevilla, por el derecho a la educación "sin caridad o filantropías privadas". Suárez Japón calificó de "preocupantes" las nuevas reformas universitarias, que dejarán "una universidad pública más pobre, menos dotada para investigar y generar conocimientos, y, por lo tanto, menos capaz de ser útil a la sociedad que la financia".
La Comisión de Educación y Salud de la Cámara de Diputados normará los cobros excesivos que realizan las universidades privadas, en el área de salud, para la habilitación de examen de grado a estudiantes de esas casas de estudio y exigirá al Ministerio de Salud las explicaciones sobre estas irregularidades.
Kerala Nursing and Midwives Council’s decision to bar allotments to 400 nursing seats spread across 8 University Colleges of Nursing under the M.G. University for this year has left around 2,500 applicants in the lurch.
The education ministry is actively considering a suggestion of a parliamentary watchdog to make MPs the heads of the public schools and colleges as they are now chairing the governing bodies of non-government secondary schools and colleges in their constituencies.
The Gujarat industries department signed Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) with private enterprises today to set up five centres of excellence in three universities and two industrial training institutes (ITIs) in the state, a statement issued by the Gujarat state government said.
In an effort to boost enrollment, Sierra Nevada College offered a 50 percent tuition discount to incoming freshmen and transfer students for the current fall semester.
Private college managements which attract a number of intermediate students in the state seem baffled by the drop. "In some branches in Hyderabad, the fall in MPC students is at least 5% when compared to last year. This is definitely beginning of a new trend. And, medical education is being favoured by more number of students than earlier," said principal of a private college in Narayanguda. "This trend can be considered as a starting point of a focus shift from engineering to other professional education," he said.
Private educational institutes decided to close schools and colleges for five days from Friday in support of Samaikyandhra. Convener of private institutes JAC Chatla Narasimha Rao announced this here on Thursday.
Sunil Dabhade, placement officer in a private college, said that last year 400 companies had approached them for placements till September; however, not more than 250 companies have conducted placement drives so far this year.
Last week the U.S. Census reported college enrollment declined for the first time in six years in the fall of 2012. That, in turn, threatens higher education revenue, said Moody's Investors Service in a special report on Monday.
Reacting to the Supreme Court's recent order that termed private technical and medical colleges' demand for capitation fees from students illegal and unethical, Union minister of human resource development MM Pallam Raju on Friday said there are certain loopholes in the system due to which the menace of capitation fees stays alive. "Centre is making all efforts to address the problem. Unfortunately, the Prohibition of Unfair Practices in Technical Educational Institutions, Medical Educational Institution and Universities Bill 2010 is pending in the Parliament," said Raju on the sidelines of a function organised by Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (BBAU).
The Admission Supervisory Committee for Professional Colleges has directed the Kerala Private Medical College Management Association (KPMCMA) to cancel all admissions given from outside the qualified rank list of 408 candidates from the entrance examination that was held earlier this year.
In a bid to keep a track of teachers working in private colleges, Barkatullah University on Saturday decided to issue bio-metric cards from the next academic session.
As many as 62 government and private colleges offering diploma in teachers' education (DTEd) have applied for closure due to low demand for the course.