'Payment seats introduction will not affect academic standards'

By Our Staff Reporter

HYDERABAD, JUNE 14. The Registrar of Osmania University, Prof. Pannalal, has said that the proposed move to introduce payment seats in certain disciplines during the academic year 2000-2001 would in no way affect the standards or the interests of students hailing from the Telangana region.

"The university is fully conscious of its pro-active role and social responsibility towards the Telangana region of which it is an integral part," he said in a statement here on Wednesday.

Prof. Pannalal said the additional intake of students over and above the regular strength would be strictly on the basis of merit at the postgraduate entrance examinations. "And in doing so, statutory residential (local and non-local) and community reservations will be strictly adhered to," he said.

The Registrar said fee structure for the students to be admitted by way of additional intake process would be equivalent to that charged by the affiliated colleges. The income will be used for strengthening facilities and the academic support structures. He said the university was not the first to embark on such an exercise, but the Andhra University has "already been making such arrangements in PG admissions for quite sometime."

Prof. Pannalal clarified that the additional intake was not applicable to Engineering, Technology, Law, Education, Management, Computer Applications and other professional courses for which a decision had to be made by the respective All-India bodies.

"The additional intake would be carried out only in disciplines where it is possible to attract talented students," he said. The academic courses and the centres of study for the purpose were still being identified. "The entire effort will enable optimum utilisation of both infrastructure facilities and human resources available in the university colleges which, unfortunately, was not the case earlier," he pointed out.

"In the wake of cut in budgetary support from the Government, we have no other option but to generate income from our internal resources apart from exploring other avenues," he said, appealing to the student community and the general public to appreciate the university's concern for development of the institution.

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