Non-minority colleges cry foul over Telangana Degree Online Services'

Hyderabad: Non-minority degree college managements cried foul over exemption from the Telangana Degree Online Services (DOST) when minority ones were being exempted. The charge was that minority colleges, much sought after in Hyderabad, were not willing to join DOST where colleges depended on fee reimbursement.

The managements were unhappy with the state government decision that only minority degree colleges were exempted from the DOST online admissions. This meant they could go ahead with their own admissions.

“The kind of investment and efforts we put for several years to emerge as centres of excellence came to naught, as through DOST we don’t get students interested in our programmes. Why can’t non-minority colleges also be exempted from DOST if they did not wish to get admissions through those services,” asked a senior official from a college.

Indian Institute of Management and Commerce Principal K. Raghu Veer said, “There is no orientation for admission of undergraduates regarding DOST due to which students have faced many issues. Many big colleges who got a stay order for DOST have full admissions whereas others who got admissions through DOST online have very less admissions despite counselling.’’

TSCHE chairman Papi Reddy said, “Minority degree colleges in TS can have their own admissions as they have been exempted by the state government from DOST online admissions.”