Govt contemplates law to introduce single CET

<p style="text-align: justify;">After failing to get private professional college managements to fall in line on the issue of single CET, the government now intends to bring in a law to control them.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><br /><img style="border: 3px solid black; margin: 3px 4px; float: left;" src="https://images.shiksha.com/mediadata/images/1265450870phpvWtEgs.jpeg " alt="" width="150" height="110">The contours of the proposed law will include all private professional college activities like fee structure, seat matrix, reservation and also conducting a single Common Entrance Test (CET) for professional courses from the academic year 2011-12.<br />The private college managements though are playing a waiting game as they are deriving confidence from the fact that the judgment in the TMA Pai case is clearly in their favour.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><br />Higher education minister Aravind Limbavali on Thursday disclosed the government&rsquo;s new line of thinking to go in for legislative efforts on the issue of single CET.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><br />Speaking to mediapersons after a meeting of the governing council of the Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA), he said, &ldquo;While preparing the law, we will take everyone into confidence, including the private colleges. Once the law comes into force, everyone has to accept it. I hope private colleges will not go against it. The law would also help avoid conducting endless meetings on CET issues.&rdquo;</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><br />He also made an open offer to the private colleges to join the proposed single CET.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><br />But higher education department sources disclosed that the main intention behind bringing in the law was to regulate the private professional colleges. &ldquo;If the government enacts the law, then everything must go according to that. Even private colleges cannot escape,&rdquo; said an official from the department.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><br />Since December, Limbavali has been holding meetings with private college managements to discuss the issue of having a single CET. A committee was also set up to discuss the issue. But even after two meetings, the issue remained unresolved with major private college managements not accepting Limbavali&rsquo;s logic.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><br />The governing council also decided to bring BEd admissions under the KEA from the next academic year.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><br />The KEA will also conduct entrance tests for Post-Graduate (PGCET) professional courses like ME, MBA and MCA. These tests are now being conducted by Visvesvaraya Technological University.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><br />To fill all engineering seats, the KEA decided to allot more seats to diploma students. Last year, 11,000 engineering seats were not filled. This year 15% seats will be given to lateral entry students.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><br />Besides, the KEA decided to conduct placement processes at Mangalore, Bangalore, Gulbarga, Shimoga and Hubli to help all fresh engineering candidates to get placed in reputed companies.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><br />&ldquo;The pilot project of centralised admissions to undergraduate seats will also be done through KEA. We have chosen our Bangalore and Shimoga counselling centres for this,&rdquo; Limbavali said.</p> <p><strong>Source: http://www.dnaindia.com</strong></p> <p><strong>Date: 6th Feb., 2010</strong></p> <hr /> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>For further details about related courses and colleges please click below:</strong></span></p> <p><a href="https://management.shiksha.com">Related courses and colleges</a></p>