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Hyderabad:
Polytechnic pass outs of the first batch at Maulana Azad National
Urdu University (MANUU), Hyderabad are being subjected to
discrimination by Dept. of Technical Education Officials, Govt. of
Andhra Pradesh.
According to the Principal
Polytechnic these students are being denied admission (lateral
entry) into B.Tech Courses like pass outs of other polytechnics
despite clearing the E-CET 2011.
The Vice-Chancellor has written two
letters dated 30th March & 15th May 2011 to the Commissioner,
Dept. Of Technical Education, Dr. P. Lakshmi Narayan IAS, in this
regard. However, he is yet to receive any reply.
In a third letter sent July 15, the
Vice-Chancellor, reiterates that the Government of India under
Sachar Committee Recommendations to improve economic situation of
Minorities has sanctioned 3 polytechnics to our university, one
each at Hyderabad, Bangalore and Darbhanga (Bihar) to start the
Polytechnic programmes immediately.
The Government of India has also
sanctioned grants for infrastructure, staff positions etc along
with the approval. The programmes were commenced in the year 2008.
The first batch of students are now
passed out in the current academic year (2011). They had applied
for admission into B.Tech programmes for lateral entry through
E-CET-2011. Some of them qualified the entrance exam and received
rank cards also.
However, the students reported that
the concerned officials at the counselling have denied admission
to them on 14th July 2011.
The reason stated by them is that
the Polytechnic of MANUU is not recognised by AICTE.
The Vice-Chancellor made it clear
that, the Central Universities do not need AICTE approval for
starting any technical course. However, they only need to adhere
to the standards prescribed by the AICTE.
There is also a Supreme Court
directive that the Universities, being autonomous can offer
technical programmes without taking prior from AICTE. To avoid
inconvenience to MANUU students, the Vice-Chancellor has requested
the Commissioner Technical Education to give suitable orders to
the concerned officials to admit them in B. Tech/B.E. programmes
along with other students.
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