Hyderabad: Delays have plagued the Eamcet counselling process over the last few years, courtesy the legal battles between JNTU Hyderabad and private engineering colleges. For the next academic year, JNTU-H wants to reform the affiliation process to complete it earlier than usual and ensure that counselling begins and ends on time.
Officials said they are looking at a parallel affiliation process for the 2016-17 academic year, even as issues pertaining to this year remain.
Matters pertaining to the affiliation process of the current academic year is still sub-judice with cases in both the Hyderabad High Court and the Supreme Court.
After the High Court directed re-inspection of colleges for this year, the latter approached the Supreme Court seeking a stay. Sources said that the university will chalk out a clear affiliation process plan for the next academic year after the Supreme Court hearing in the case on Oct. 30.
Officials said that the schedule for the affiliation process and inspections of colleges for the next year will be announced right after the All India Council of Technical Education announces its schedule for new college approvals and disapprovals for 2016-17.
Earlier this year, JNTU Hyderabad had said they intend to begin the affiliation process in November for the next academic year so there is ample time before counselling begins in June.
“We are looking to begin ffiliation process for next year parallel to the inspections process that is going on as per High Court guidelines. But we will wait for the hearing in the Supreme Court on Oct. 30 to see how to go about it. Definitely, we want to begin the process this year itself so there is no delay,” a senior JNTU Hyderabad official said.
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