Govt. urged to centralise admissions

By Our Special Correspondent

HYDERABAD, NOV. 2. The A. P. Minorities Educational Rights' Protection Committee has urged the Government to centralise admissions in all minority institutions through a single convenor as a simple and effective solution to check malpractices in these colleges.

In an open letter to the Chief Minister on Thursday, the Convenor of the Committee, Mr. Mohd. Fasiuddin, and the Co-Convenor, Mr. Mazher Hussain, said that till the admissions were centralised the Government should issue an order making it mandatory for minority colleges to make admission forms available with their respective Universities or District Collectors. The filled-in forms should be submitted at any of these offices or sent through registered post.

They regretted that the Government had not taken any action to rein in minority educational institutions which were committing gross irregularities in admissions to technical and professional courses for several years. These malpractices included violation of admission procedures, refusal to issue application forms, violation of merit lists, collection of higher fee, demand for capitation fee and admission of non-minority candidates.

Acknowledging these malpractices, the Government issued a GO in January 2000 to curb these activities only to dilute its provisions through a subsequent GO. This had only enabled the institutions to continue their malpractices with impunity.

They recalled that even the High Court had emphasised the need for re-examining the whole issue relating to the process of admissions to minority educational institutions. They requested the Chief Minister to streamline the admission process as per the High Court's directions.

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