From Our Special Correspondent
Daijiworld Media Network - Bangalore
Bangalore, Jan 10: A CID probe into the alleged irregularities in private B Ed Colleges, including an inter-state racket in issuing fake degree certificates in some of them, has been ordered by the State Government.
The CID has been requested to complete the probe and submit its report in six months, State Higher Education Minister C T Ravi announced.
A Task Force headed by Karan Kumar, Member of Bangalore University Syndicate, had suggested the institution of a CID probe into the racket.
The Task Force had divided the 111 B Ed colleges coming under the jurisdiction of Bangalore University into seven categories for the purpose of the investigation.
The Task Force has been formed by the varsity to investigate into the widespread corruption in teacher education in the University.
Some of the colleges had not been approved by the University till date and in some colleges there were no teachers for B Ed students.
The principal, allegedly, had no records to show he has conducted classes, the Higher Education Minister C T Ravi said explaining the findings of the Task Force and the State Government’s decision
The National Council of Teacher Education (NCTE) has withdrawn permission to 16 colleges and notices have been issued directing managements not to continue the course.
While the performance of 12 colleges was satisfactory, nine colleges have been black listed by the Academic Audit Committee.
A total of 13 colleges have to take some concrete steps to reform to continue the B Ed education, the Task Force said.
It said 18 colleges have been suffering from many deficiencies and six month time need to be given to college managements to reform the system.
The Task Force recommended strong action against 20 colleges, which allowed students to write examination without conducting classes.
``The 20 Colleges have been operating only on their letterheads without any buildings,” the Task Force said in its report.
The Task Force recommended de-recognition of all those colleges where major lapses have been detected.
The racket flourished even in some other states with colleges enrolling students and awarding certificates to those who did not attend classes or exams.
In some cases, students failed in SSLC examination had managed to get B Ed degree certificates and proxy persons writing exams on behalf of students, the Minister said.
Search Committee Finds No Consensus on Mysore VC
The Search Committee appointed by the State Government to recommend a panel of names for appointing a Vice Chancellor to Mysore University met recently has not been able to find a consensual candidate for the post.
``The committee has not able to take a final decision and some members write dissent notes The panel is not able to find a unanimous candidate for the post,” the Higher Education Minister said.
The committee headed by H P Kincha, former Vice Chancellor of Visvesvaraya Technological University, failed to arrive at consensus on selection of the candidate for the Vice Chancellor’s post, he said.
The Vice-Chancellor’ post remained vacant after V G Talawar completed his term on December 10, 2012.
The Minister said the search committee report had been sent to Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar for forwarding it to the Governor, who is also the Chancellor of the University.
Several professors in various institutes of the State have been aspiring to become the Vice Chancellor, he said.
A professor in the Maharaja’s Evening College, Mysore, had ended his life a few days ago blaming level of corruption in the appointments in the Mysore University.
The Governor recommended to the State Government either to reconstitute the committee or make selection of the candidate based on the committee’s report, Ravi said.