The private engineering college managements are firm in their decision and decided not to agree for the government proposal of Rs30,000 fee structure this year.
It is a do-or-die situation for the government as the private engineering college managements have dug their feet in and said they would not budge an inch from their demand that the fee for undergraduate courses be fixed at Rs50,000, leaving the entire process of the Common Entrance Test (CET) 2011 in a limbo.
The private engineering college managements are firm in their decision and decided not to agree for the government proposal of Rs30,000 fee structure this year.
At a meeting organised by Karnataka State Unaided Private Engineering College Managements Association on Friday, the member-colleges unanimously decided to reject the government’s offer to fix the fee at Rs30,000 and not to give up their demand for Rs50,000 fee for government quota seats allotted under CET 2011.
The intransigence of the state government has left the government with two options: To accept the private managements demand or fix Rs50,000 fee for government quota seats, or to implement Padmaraj Commission report. MK Panduranga Shetty, chairman, COMED-K, said, “We are firm in our decision and have decided not to give up our demand. We conveyed the same message to the higher education minister. The ball is now in the government’s court.”
After the meeting, the representatives met the higher education minister VS Acharya and told him about the decision taken at the association meeting. The minister said, it is not possible to make it Rs50,000 and he also said government is not willing to implement Padmaraj Commission report.
“We have conveyed our final decision and now he has to decide. We will not go to them again. If they are not ready to increase the fee, let them reveal the commission report. They have to go with one or the other,” Shetty said.
When DNA contacted higher education minister VS Acharya, he declined to react. “Talks are still going on and nothing more can happen. And don’t ask me anything about the managements’ decision,” he said.
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