Many students look to seek admissions in pvt universities

Many students look to seek admissions in pvt universities

Cancellation Of Exams A Reason Behind Move

Nirupa.Vatyam@timesgroup.com

Hyderabad:  21.07.2020

As uncertainty prevails over EAMCET and Joint Entrance Examination (JEE), majority of students from the city and elsewhere in the state are seeking admissions in deemed or private universities. Though the exams are scheduled to be held in September, many think that they may be delayed further.

With several private universities such as SRM Institute, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) among others cancelling their entrance examinations coupled with the fact that many parents are not inclined towards their wards appearing for examinations during the pandemic, is driving students to choose deemed universities. “After the announcement of the cancellation of the entrance examination, we received 10,000 applications in a day,” said GV Selvam, vice-president, VIT University.

He said that every year they receive over 2 lakh applications and added that the number of applications may go up significantly as quite a few students are cancelling their plans to go abroad. “Based on Class 12 marks, JEE or SAT (Scholastic Assessment Test) we are going to release a rank list in August,” he added.

Likewise, sources from one of the well-known deemed universities said that admissions have gone up this year as many students are preferring local varsities. Lovely Professional University, which many students from Telangana and AP join every year, has also seen a 25% increase in the number of applications received. “This might be because of the way we handled things during the pandemic,” said Aman Mittal, additional director, Lovely Professional University.

Citing reasons for opting for these institutes, parents said they don’t want to wait till September or October to secure a seat. “I have sent my son’s applications to almost all private and deemed universities in Telangana, Tamil Nadu, and Karnataka and even received provisional admission from a couple of them. I want him to secure a seat in computer science engineering in one of the institutes so there is no pressure on him to appear for entrance examinations,” said B Sanjana, a parent.

B’luru firm develops app for medical students

Hyderabad:

Amidst the pandemic, undergraduate and postgraduate medical students of Telangana will have access to curriculum-based medical education content with 3D animations on a learning application MediMagic developed by a Bengaluru-based firm.

According to a circular issued by the Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences (KNRUHS), Warangal, the app, developed by Vinformax, encompasses 3D animated content for pre-clinical and paraclinical lessons mapped to the Medical Council of India prescribed curriculum. “The app is free for medical students of KNRUHS till October 31. The app can be used by the students for self-learning while reading textbooks. Concepts and images in the textbooks can be visualized from the videos in the app,” read the circular. TNN