'500 engineering colleges in AP have to be shut down'

[Sravanlokesh]

'500 engineering colleges in AP have to be shut down'

Hyderabad: Atleast 500 out of the 692 engineering colleges in Andhra Pradesh will have to be shut down as they do not meet the stipulated norms, particularly of a qualified faculty, state's technical education department officials have said.

 

The issue came to light at a recent conference of Vice Chancellors, held on September 21.

 

"We have about 500 engineering colleges in the state which do not fulfil this mandatory requirement (infrastructure, faculty) though they may be having good buildings. All such colleges should be closed down," state Council of Higher Education Secretary, Christopher said

 

 

People are happy about the mushrooming growth of engineering colleges in the state but are not concerned about the lack of quality in education, he said.

 

Governor E S L Narasimhan, in his capacity as Chancellor of the universities in the state, immediately directed that "a committee be constituted to look into the lapses and make the management fall in line."

 

Chief Minister K Rosaiah was also apprised of the situation, who at once directed the authorities concerned to "act tough" and ensure that the college managements strictly complied with the set norms.

 

 

Accordingly, the state government constituted a committee, headed by Technical Education Commissioner K Lakshminarayana, to inspect the availability of infrastructure and faculty in the engineering colleges.

[srinu.dama]

is it truee?

pls list out un shutdown clgs?