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| 07th
September 2010 / Times of India / Pune Edition |
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 Panel slams college assns for failure to submit CET results
Pune: The Pravesh Niyantran Samiti (PNS), a Supreme Courtmandated panel, has decided not to approve the 2010-11 admissions effected by those associations of private professional colleges which have failed to submit the results of their common entrance tests (CETs) to the PNS.
Private unaided institutions offering professional courses are entitled to hold CETs of their own by way of forming their association or even in an individual capacity. However, their CETbased merit list and admissions are subject to verification by the PNS, which is headed by a retired high court judge, for regulating admissions to professional courses in the state.
The associations are required to furnish their CET details to the PNS within a reasonable time from the declaration of the test results. Speaking to TOI on Monday, PNS office secretary P E Gaikwad said, “The panel has decided in principle not to approve admissions of those associations which have not furnished the CET results within a week of their declaration.”
Gaikwad, however, added, “The concerned associations are being given an opportunity to explain their failure to submit the details on time. We have sent letters to these associations giving them a fortnight to furnish their replies, which would be placed before the panel.”
Of the total seven private college associations identified by the PNS, four are in the higher and technical segment and the remaining three in the health sciences segment. These are: the Association of Management of MBA/MMS Institutes (AMMI), Pune; the Management Association of MCA Institutes (MAMI), Ahmednagar; the Maharashtra Vina-Anudanit Adhyapak Mahavidyalay Sansthachalak Association (MVAMSA), which has 217 B.Ed and 57 M.Ed colleges; and the Maharashtra Sharirik Shikshanshatra Mahavidyalay Vyavasthapan Mahasangh, which has 90 physical education (B.PEd) and 19 M.PEd colleges under its banner, in the state.
The AMMI had 123 private unaided colleges participating in the ‘AMMI-MBA/MMS-CET 2010’ that was held on July 18 and the results declared on July 28. Similarly, the MAMI had conducted the ‘MAMI-MCA-CET 2010’ on July 4 and the results were declared on July 14 for admissions to 74 participating MCA colleges.
On the health sciences front, the Association of Management of Private Unaided Medical and Dental Colleges (AMPUMDC) did not even take a prior approval of the PNS for its ‘APGN-CET-2010’, meant for M.Sc (Nursing) course, and ‘APGP-CET-2010’ meant for masters in physiotherapy (M.Pth) course. The two CETs were held on July 25 for seven and five colleges respectively and their results were declared on July 26. The AMPUMDC is yet to submit details of these CETs to the PNS.
The Association of Management of Homoeopathic Medical College of Maharashtra and Pune-based M A Rangoonwala College of Dental Sciences, which is a minority institution, have not submitted details of the ‘APGH-CET-2010’ for post-graduate homoeopathy course and ‘MARDC-CET-2010’ for dental course respectively to the PNS.
Stock Taking Time
The Pravesh Niyantran Samiti has set up two expert panels under the directors of technical education (DTE) and higher education for the verification of merit list and admissions to all higher and technical courses for 2010-11 in the state.
The panel will verify admissions to all technical courses including engineering degree and direct second year engineering seat allotments, MBA, MCA, pharmacy, hotel management etc.
Similarly, the DHE-led panel will verify admissions to all higher education courses including B.Ed, M.Ed, B.PEd and M.PEd, among others. All colleges have also been directed to submit their list of admissions for 2010-11 to the PNS by December 15 for the latter’s approval.
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