Udupi: ABVP protests implementation of 2006 Act for professional courses

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Daijiworld Media Network – Udupi (EP)

Udupi, Dec 18: The Akhila Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) held a protest meeting near Clock Tower here on Wednesday December 18 against the implementation of the Karnataka Professional Educational Institutions (Regulation of Admission and Fixation of Fee) Act, 2006 for professional courses from 2014-15.

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The ABVP said that the implementation of the Act would cause a lot of hardship for students from financially weaker sections and deprive them of quality professional education. The contended that:

1. There would be no seats under the government quota in unaided colleges.

2. All the students would have to mandatorily answer Comed-K exam for admission in private colleges.

3. CET exams would apply only to government and aided colleges. Only 21 engineering and 10 medical colleges would be bound by CET.

4. A student who gets first rank in CET also would have to invariably spend several lacs of rupees in order to get admission in a prestigious college.

5. No unaided colleges would be bound by government orders for distribution of seats and fees structure.

6. Comed-K would be allowed to indulge in the business of blocking seats making the examination process questionable.

7. The previous 45% engineering, 40% medical and 35% medical seats available in the government quota would be transferred to private quota.

The ABVP has demanded that the government revoke this 'drastic' decision. The protestors said that with the new regulations, CET examinations would be held only for 5,000 seats, while Comed-K test would be conducted for the remaining 75,000 seats. The ABVP has termed it as 'giving key to the robbers'.

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