Shut low-performing engineering colleges: HC - DC

Jun 29
07:44

2012

Ramyasadasivam

Ramyasadasivam

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In a major verdict, Kerala high court on Thursday directed the state government to take steps to close down low-performing self-financing engineering colleges.

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The court asked the state to consider closing down colleges with a pass percentage of less than 40.

Chennai Engineering Colleges

A division bench comprising Justice C.N. Ramachandran Nair and Justice Babu Mathew P. Joseph passed the order while considering a batch of petitions seeking affiliation to various self-financing colleges came up for hearing.

Engineering Graduation

The court expressed concern over the quality of higher education and directed the state not to grant new No Objection Certificates (NOC).

It directed the universities in the state to publish the results of the colleges on their websites,Shut low-performing engineering colleges: HC - DC Articles to expose the quality of bad faculties.

The court issued the directives after considering a report on the pass percentage of various self-financing colleges in the last three years.

It asked the state to take steps to raise the quality of the higher education. The state should also consider enhancing the qualifying examination mark from 50 per cent.

Earlier, an expert committee constituted by the court had submitted that even science degree-holders were teaching engineering students.

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