The Karnataka authorities has declared to restrict the hike in charges for engineering programs in personal faculties for the present tutorial yr (2022-23) at 10% as in opposition to the demand for 25%. It has additional added that from subsequent yr COMED-Okay entrance take a look at will probably be merged with Common Entrance Test (CET).
An settlement was reached for price hike to be capped at 10%, at a gathering chaired by Higher Education Minister C N Ashwath Narayan, with representatives of KUPECA (Karnataka Unaided Private Engineering Colleges Association), the Minister’s workplace stated.
The price hike is relevant to these college students who’ve been allotted authorities seats in personal engineering faculties. Further, KUPECA representatives assured that they might voluntarily lengthen help to the federal government to take motion in opposition to those that accumulate an additional price by every other means.
“KUPECA had demanded a 25 per cent hike in fees as there had been no increase for last two years, from 2020-21. But, on consultation, they finally agreed to a 10 per cent hike,” Narayan stated.
The eligibility for admission will probably be based mostly on the rating college students safe within the merged CET and seat sharing will proceed as at current. Minister Narayan stated the modalities for merging COMED-Okay with CET will probably be labored out as the following plan of action.
While, the federal government’s Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) conducts CET for admissions to numerous undergraduate skilled programs within the state, the Consortium of Medical Engineering and Dental Colleges of Karnataka (COMEDK) entrance exams are for admissions to undergraduate engineering programs at personal engineering faculties within the state.
With inputs from PTI.
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