KEA Warns Private Colleges Against Excess Fees; Centralizes UGCET 2026 Seat Allocation

KEA announced centralized counseling for UGCET 2026 government quota seats in private universities. To prevent overcharging, KEA has formed a Fee Control Committee and its Chairperson Justice B. Srinivasagowda urged students to lodge complaints against excess fee demands at KEA Malleshwaram office.

Centralizes UGCET 2026 Seat Allocation

In a bid to ensure proper transparency and to ease the lives of students and parents, the Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) announced that government quota seats in private professional colleges and universities will be allocated through a centralized counseling process for UGCET 2026.

In the notice released by the exam body on its official X social media account, it has covered all aided, unaided, religious minority, and linguistic minority institutions across Karnataka. Alongside seat allocation, the exam body KEA has also formed a Fee Control Committee and issued a strict warning to private colleges/universities against illegal capitation and excess fee demands.

#UGCET-2026: ರಾಜ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿನ ಖಾಸಗಿ ವೃತ್ತಿಪರ ಕಾಲೇಜುಗಳು ಹಾಗೂ ವಿಶ್ವವಿದ್ಯಾಲಯಗಳಲ್ಲಿನ (ಅನುದಾನಿತ, ಅನುದಾನ ರಹಿತ, ಅಲ್ಪಸಂಖ್ಯಾತ- ಧಾರ್ಮಿಕ & ಭಾಷಾ ಅಲ್ಪಸಂಖ್ಯಾತ) ವಿವಿಧ ವೃತ್ತಿಪರ ಕೋರ್ಸ್ ಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಲಭ್ಯವಿರುವ ಸರ್ಕಾರಿ ಕೋಟಾದ ಸೀಟುಗಳನ್ನು #KEA ಮೂಲಕ ಹಂಚಿಕೆ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಿದೆ.

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It has also asked the students facing extra fee demands from colleges to file a formal complaint at the Fee Control Committee office, located on the ground floor of KEA building in Malleshwaram, Bengaluru. Committee Chairperson, stated that immediate action will be taken against violating institutions to protect student interests.

KEA Warns Private Colleges Against Excess Fees

The KCET result for the 2026 session is expected to be declared in the first week of June 2026. Stay tuned for all the latest updates related to the KCET exam.