45 arts, science colleges apply for launching new courses
Siddharth.Prabhakar@timesgroup.com
Chennai:26.03.2019
In a strong signal that arts and sciences courses continue to be in high demand from students pursuing under-graduation, around 45 affiliated colleges have applied to University of Madras for approval to start additional courses in the 2019-20 academic year.
Around 1 lakh students pass out from colleges affiliated to University of Madras, including autonomous institutions.
In addition, 15 private trusts have also applied to the university to start new arts and science colleges, sources said. However, documents show that none of them have obtained the Government order (GO) from the state government, which is a mandatory step. The affiliations committee of the university’s syndicate has recommended that affiliation should be granted only if the GOs are obtained before March 31.
Sources said that colleges had asked for starting additional courses for BA Tamil and English, BCom, BBA and BSc Physics, Chemistry and Maths. The syndicate has recommended that due procedure should be followed to check if the colleges have the requisite infrastructure before affiliation is granted. For instance, a college should have one fully qualified teacher for UG major subjects and two for post-graduate subjects.
As for MBA and MCA courses, the syndicate committee has recommended that affiliation should be granted only if the colleges get the necessary approval of All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and an NOC from Tamil Nadu government before March 31. Some colleges have also written to the university seeking permission to start courses such as B vocational banking, financial services, insurance, tourism and hospitality and BSc fashion technology.
However, senior university professors say that the most popular courses remain BCom and BSc in basic sciences. “Though there is an increase in the number of students shifting to arts and science, an equal number of good institutions are not coming up. This is why existing colleges want an increase in the number of seats,” a professor said.
Sources said many colleges have applied to the university to relax rules and allow them to run a fourth section. Currently, university rules stipulate that only three sections in undergraduate courses in every stream will be granted provided necessary infrastructure such as classrooms, labs, library and qualified teaching faculty is available.
BIG DEMAND: University of Madras
Siddharth.Prabhakar@timesgroup.com
Chennai:26.03.2019
In a strong signal that arts and sciences courses continue to be in high demand from students pursuing under-graduation, around 45 affiliated colleges have applied to University of Madras for approval to start additional courses in the 2019-20 academic year.
Around 1 lakh students pass out from colleges affiliated to University of Madras, including autonomous institutions.
In addition, 15 private trusts have also applied to the university to start new arts and science colleges, sources said. However, documents show that none of them have obtained the Government order (GO) from the state government, which is a mandatory step. The affiliations committee of the university’s syndicate has recommended that affiliation should be granted only if the GOs are obtained before March 31.
Sources said that colleges had asked for starting additional courses for BA Tamil and English, BCom, BBA and BSc Physics, Chemistry and Maths. The syndicate has recommended that due procedure should be followed to check if the colleges have the requisite infrastructure before affiliation is granted. For instance, a college should have one fully qualified teacher for UG major subjects and two for post-graduate subjects.
As for MBA and MCA courses, the syndicate committee has recommended that affiliation should be granted only if the colleges get the necessary approval of All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and an NOC from Tamil Nadu government before March 31. Some colleges have also written to the university seeking permission to start courses such as B vocational banking, financial services, insurance, tourism and hospitality and BSc fashion technology.
However, senior university professors say that the most popular courses remain BCom and BSc in basic sciences. “Though there is an increase in the number of students shifting to arts and science, an equal number of good institutions are not coming up. This is why existing colleges want an increase in the number of seats,” a professor said.
Sources said many colleges have applied to the university to relax rules and allow them to run a fourth section. Currently, university rules stipulate that only three sections in undergraduate courses in every stream will be granted provided necessary infrastructure such as classrooms, labs, library and qualified teaching faculty is available.
BIG DEMAND: University of Madras
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