The state government has decided to order an inquiry into the admission process of professional courses at the institutions managed by linguistic minorities.
During a debate on Karnataka Professional Educational Institutions (regulation of admission and fixation of fee) Special Provisions Bill-2013, which was later passed in the Assembly, Medical Education Minister Dr Sharan Prakash Patil said that there exists a prima facie case against educational institutions managed by the linguistic minorities.
Informing the House that there are about eight medical colleges in the state managed by linguistic minorities, the Minister said that the government received several complaints against the institutions for having flouted norms while admitting students.
Patil said there are no uniform norms for granting permission to these institutions and also on the number of students they can admit under the management quota.
“The government is going to streamline and lay down new norms to remove any ambiguity in this regard,” he added.
However, denying the charges that some institutions managed by religious minorities were also involved in same kind of violations, he said: “After verification, it was found that by and large the process of admission and fixation of fees are not flouted and they are following the guidelines issued by the government.”
Earlier, JD(S) floor leader in the House M C Nanaiah charged that the state government is dancing to the tunes of private engineering and medical colleges.
According to him, the government was not showing any grit to enforce the legislation which was passed in 2006.
But Higher Education Minister R V Deshpande said that the legislation was brought when the Congress was in the Opposition.
“Upon coming to power we have taken measures to implement it,” he said, assuring that stringent action would be taken against the institutions for collecting exorbitant fees.