Telangana asked not to link admission with its policy

Hyderabad: Telangana colleges have urged the state government to not link admissions to fee reimbursement policy and halt the counselling process.

College managements fear that if counselling is delayed till October, as planned by the TRS government, Telangana colleges will be worst hit with students migrating to other states for admissions.

They want the government to begin counselling for engineering and medical courses at the earliest, since it’s a nearly a month since Eamcet results have been announced and thousands of students are waiting to be admitted.

The decision of the Telangana government to file a petition in the Supreme Court seeking extension of deadline till October 1 to complete counselling has become a serious cause of concern for managements.

“The admissions in colleges and deemed universities located in other states are already over and classes have commenced. Students and parents are anxious as there is no clarity over when Eamcet counselling would begin here. Many students have already migrated to other states. If the counselling is further delayed, colleges in Telangana would be worst hit. Those who can afford will migrate to other states and those who cannot would opt out of engineering colleges and prefer to take admission in degree colleges or other courses,” said K.V. K. Rao, secretary general, Consortium of Engineering Colleges.

Managements also met AP Education minister Ganta Srinivasa Rao on Monday and urged him to take steps to find out an amicable solution for fee reimbursement between both the states to ensure early commencement of counselling. They also sought approval for collecting higher fees from students from other states.

The minister also stated that the AP government will soon issue orders to this effect.

The minister expressed concern over the T-government’s move to approach SC, seeking extension of admissions deadline till October 1, since common counselling has to be conducted for both the states and any disturbance anywhere will impact the career of students in both the states.

“We are trying to find out an amicable solution on fee reimbursement policy to ensure that Eamcet counselling starts at the earliest. We expect the T-government also to reciprocate in the same manner,” Mr Srinivasa Rao said.