Karnataka: No change in engg, medical fees this year

May 25, 2013

Medical_fees Bangalore, May 25: The state government has decided not to change the fee structure or the seat-sharing agreement for professional courses for this academic year.

This was decided in a meeting held with the private educational institutions on Friday by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Minister for Higher Education R V Deshpande, Medical Education Minister Sharan Prakash Patil and education department officials.

Private college managements have been demanding a hike in the fees, stating that many of them are finding it difficult to sustain. The government decided it was too late to consider fee revision this year.

Deshpande said the meeting was “amicable” and the decision to go with last year"s structure was applicable to undergraduate and postgraduate courses of medicine and engineering. Patil said: “Any hike had to go through the fee and admission regulatory committees, which had to be formed before December.

“However, the previous government did not form any such committee, and the change in fee cannot be decided in haste now.” The Fee Regulatory Committee and Admission Overseeing Committee are prescribed by the Karnataka Professional Educational Institutions (Regulation of Admission and Determination of Fee) Act, 2006, which the government plans to implement from next year.

Hence, these committees will have to be formed before December as per the guidelines in order to consider any fee revision next year.

According to the existing structure, the fee for a medical seat is Rs 16,700 in government colleges and Rs 46,000 in private colleges. For engineering, the fee is Rs 18,090 in government and aided institutions, and Rs 36,090-41,590 in private colleges.

The government"s share of seats in private non-minority medical colleges is 40 per cent, and 25 per cent in minority institutions. In private engineering colleges, the government quota is 45 per cent of seats in non-minority and 40 per cent in minority colleges.

"The government has asked us to cooperate with them for this year, because it is already time for counselling and admissions. Any further delay would inconvenience the students," said M K Panduranga Shetty, vice-president, Karnataka Unaided Private Engineering Colleges Association.

He added that the managements of private colleges would meet again with government officials on May 28.

CET results on Tuesday

The Karnataka Examination Authority (KEA) will declare the results of the Common Entrance Test (CET) 2013 on May 28, according to KEA Administrative Officer S P Kulkarni.

The document verification process will be held on June 3 from 11 am for disabled and NCC/NSS candidates, on June 4 for sports-quota candidates and on June 5 for regular candidates.

Meanwhile, the counselling for the Post Graduate Entrance Test (PGET) to the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences will be held between May 26 and May 29. Details on www.rguhspget2013.com and www.rguhs.ac.in.

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Shakthi PU College bags 100% results

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July 21,2020

Mangaluru: As many as 22 students of Shakti PU College wrote second PUC exams and from that 8 students passed
with distinction, 14 students passed with first class, and achieved 100% results in
science and commerce streams.

Students from science & commerce dept. PRIYA VIONA DSILVA, SANKALPA
GIRISH, SHARATH KUMAR, KATHIJA RAHIFA, K.T. THARUN AYYAPPA,
RAHIL UMAR FARUK, TUSHAR S, KDEEJA SHAHAMA, passed with distinction.

Akshaya Acharya, B Anil Kumar, S Writhwik K.T., K.S. Varun, Madhuraj PC, Nazila
Fathima, Pratheek S, Rajath R Gujaran, Uruthik, Riza Basheer, Saania Eraam, Shreya
Somanna, P.B. Sayyed Mohammed Moosa, Viba S, passed with first class,

College Director Dr. K.C. Naik, Secretary Sanjith Naik, Advisory chairman Ramesh K,
College development Officer Prakiyath Rai, College Principal Prabhakar J.S. and
Shakthi Residential College principal Vidya G Kamath, praised all the students for their
performance and also to their teaching staff, who put their efforts and hard works to
bring their students to this level.

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Will new education policy boost STEM in India?

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August 9,2020

New Delhi, Aug 9: With the National Education Policy 2020 recognising the need for flexibility in choosing the subjects that a student wants to study, implementation of this policy will boost science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education in India, edtech startup SP Robotic Works has said.

The new education policy also recognised that skills like coding and scientific temper and evidence-based thinking should be learned by all students to become good, successful, innovative, adaptable and productive human beings in today's rapidly changing world.

With the semester-based pattern, there is a lot of relaxation with respect to a child's choice to select their interest in subjects, according to Sneha Priya, CEO and co-founder, SP Robotic Works.

"This will promote the kids to explore various segments which otherwise I believe was restricted to an extent," Priya told IANS in an interview.

On July 29, the Union Cabinet gave its approval to a new National Education Policy (NEP) which aims at bringing about several changes in the education system from the school to college level.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that the NEP is the foundation of a "new India" and that it will help close the gap between education and research.

It is now well recognised that in opening the door to myriad opportunities offered by STEM education, online platforms have played a pivotal role.

Coding-related courses have picked up well and the online platforms have seen a lot of kids enrol in block programming, artificial intelligence (AI) and android app development.

"As the field of STEM education gained immense popularity in India, this online learning platform has seen 80 per cent increase in the number of renewal of programmes, which implies the increase in interest and is a positive sign for the future of STEM education," she said.
The proposal to introduce coding from Class 6 and onwards is one of the best decisions of the policy, Priya added.

"With importance being given to coding in the NEP, the schools will be more open to adopting new ways to ensure their children master in what they are learning which will automatically result in better outcomes," she opined.

"Focus on these skills is crucial during the formative years for the development of the children. Hence, this new policy will prove beneficial for growing kids to gather their interest in coding at an early stage," she said.

According to Priya, it is important to deliver the coding concepts in the right manner to captivate and encourage the child to engross his/her attention towards the subject.

She also stressed that both robotics and coding courses have seen a huge upsurge this year.
In addition to what is being taught at school, the online learning platform has seen an increased number of queries from parents with regards to shaping up their child's coding skills.

"Especially with the current situation, the Covid-i9 lockdown has given more time to students to explore their interest in this field and we have seen double the demand in participation just in the previous few months from children," Priya quipped.

Even during the lockdown, SP Robotic Works said they have seen an increase of 55 per cent in the revenues.

"Additionally, we have seen around 1 lakh new enrolments during the last four months which demonstrates that Indian children are exploring their interests across segments," the CEO said.
"For the next six months, our focus is going to continue educating and engaging more students in experiential learning as we work towards building a nation that's truly 'Aatmanirbhar'," Priya noted.

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