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OU script for M.Sc (Electronics) leaves aspirants in soup

By R. Ravikanth Reddy

HYDERABAD June 22. Learn how to take students for a ride from Osmania University. The varsity introduces a course, conducts the entrance test and declares the results, but does not identify the colleges where the course is offered. Bewildered?

Aspirants of M.Sc (Electronics) -- the varsity introduced the course from this academic year -- are a confused lot with no information coming on the colleges they would like to get admission into. According to sources, the administration is still in a dilemma whether to introduce the course on the campus college. What's worse is that even private colleges have not been identified so far.

``This shows the callous attitude of university officials," an aspirant says. "The university does not have information as to how many seats are available and where the course is being offered,'' he bemoans.

The course got a tremendous response with more than 2,000 candidates taking the entrance test. Some of the aspirants are questioning the short-sightedness of the university. Though about 100 colleges are offering B.Sc (Electronics) and when the PG course is introduced, the administration is not aware of the seats, they say. The situation in other universities is different. Andhra University and Sri Venkateshwara University introduced M.Sc (Electronics) long ago and that too on campus colleges, they maintained.

But Osmania varsity, with a five-star accreditation from the NAAC, is not in a position to launch the course on the campus college, the aspirants lament. According to sources, the administration has sought the help of physics lecturers for teaching electronics subjects with no additional monetary benefits. However, they are said to have rejected the offer. This is being cited as one of the reasons for the stalemate on the course.

Meanwhile, students are not in favour of private colleges either. "Every student likes to study on the campus to make use of the good facilities and senior faculty. Nobody wants to study in a private college where the standards are poor and one has to spend a huge money,'' argues an aspirant.

Students say there is no mention of the course in the counselling for admission, which is to begin later this week. "The authorities are hiding information even when we are approaching them,'' another aspirant says.

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