Hyderabad: Engineering college managements are surprised by the methodologies adopted by JNTU-H’s fact-finding committees that inspected private tech colleges. Most private engineering colleges had hired faculty recently to meet the prescribed 1:15 faculty-student ratio norm. Colleges say the FFC is not taking into account faculty members hired this year.
The FFCs have almost completed their inspection to grant affiliation for the 2015-16 academic year. Notices have been served to most colleges about deficiencies in faculty and infrastructure.
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“Unlike government institutions, people join us and quit round the year. How can they not take into account faculty hired recently?” asked the owner of a private engineering college on the city outskirts.
“Last year many colleges lost affiliation on this. We told the university, but they are not democratic,” he said.
Colleges say some of the deficiencies pointed out are not practical. “Some colleges received notices because equipment was not as per norms in extra laboratories. When there are required number of labs, why should deficiencies be pointed out in redundant labs?” said another private engineering college owner.
No reply from most tech colleges to JNTU-Hyderabad notice:
Less than 100 private engineering colleges have replied to notices issued by JNTU-H pointing out deficiencies, out of the nearly 238 inspected by the varsity. Fifty engineering colleges have not applied for affiliation to JNTU-H. The colleges’ lobby approached the HC even before the varsity put out the list of affiliated colleges. Almost all 238 engineering colleges were served notices by JNTU-H for deficiencies in faculty and infrastructure. They were asked to reply to the notices by Thursday
