Hyderabad: The Telangana government apparently indicated to private college managements on Wednesday that it would withdraw the vigilance inspections that had been announced earlier.
This assurance led the private colleges’ JAC to change its mind and co-operate with the government in hosting various entrance exams lined over the next few days. Insiders say that a four-member ministers’ panel comprising education minister Kadiyam Srihari and three other ministers, K.T. Rama Rao, Etala Rajender and T. Harish Rao, would be asked to work out the modalities for inspections.
A member of the JAC stated that more details on inspections would emerge in a week’s time. “The government has dropped its idea of inspections by vigilance and police teams as suggested by us,” he said.
It may be mentioned here that private colleges were on an indefinite strike from Monday. However, things changed after deputy Chief Minister and education minister Kadiyam Srihari intervened on Wednesday.
He held discussions twice with the private colleges? JAC, on Wednesday morning and evening. He apparently asked them not to pose obstructions for the various entrance exams to be held in the next week. He did not give any assurance to stop vigilance raids in the morning.
While few members came forward to allow the Polycet exam in their colleges, some others did not budge. However, things changed after the evening meet. Following fresh assurance in the evening, private managements changed their mind.
An official announcement to call off the strike will be made either on Thursday or Friday. Interestingly, the college managements changed their minds in less than 24 hours as the government also released '3,000 crore fee reimbursement dues.
All set for Polycet exams today
The decks have been cleared for the smooth conduct of the Polycet exam with private college managements coming forward to host the exam scheduled for Thursday.
Nearly 1.27 lakh candidates have applied for the entrance test for getting admissions into technical diploma courses in various colleges and universities. Of the 288 centres shortlisted, 209 are in private colleges.
The private college managements had gone on strike initially and had announced that they would boycott the exam. However, after deliberations with the concerned minister and higher officials, they changed their stance on Wednesday, paving way for the exam to be held as scheduled.
Polycet convenor B. Venkateshwarlu asked candidates to be at the centre an hour in advance to avoid inconvenience.
