Department of School Education instructed to renew recognition of private unaided PU colleges every 10 years

Karnataka private pre-university colleges to renew recognition every 10 years, KUPMA urges government for policy changes.

Minister for School Education and Literacy Madhu Bangarappa has instructed the Department of School Education (Pre-University) to renew the recognition of private unaided pre-university colleges in Karnataka every 10 years from the current academic year, according to Karnataka Unaided Pre-University Colleges’ Management Association (KUPMA), Mangaluru.

So far, such colleges had to renew their recognition for every five years.

The office-bearers of KUPMA held a meeting with Mr. Bangarappa in the presence of Speaker of the Legislative Assembly U.T. Khader and senior officials of the department in Bengaluru on July 13, and placed 15 demands before the government, a release from the association said on Sunday, July 14.

The secretary of the association, Narendra L. Nayak, who is also the chairman of Expert Pre-University Colleges, said in the release that the Minister assured that only the documents submitted online by colleges will be verified in the coming days. Private college managements must be ready to pay the prescribed fees for this.

Further, the KUPMA urged the government that if a student drops out of college, the education institution should not be made to refund the fee of the student. The association requested the government to issue a circular regarding the same.

“The office-bearers requested that, at the least, the government should not issue any circular making the refund of fees compulsory,” he said.

The KUPMA urged department officials to consider the experiences and suggestions of private colleges before implementing the government’s educational policies.