HYDERABAD: Anxious parents of the students of Sri Chaitanya Junior College at Hydernagar in Nizampet staged a protest and gheraoed the college campus on Thursday demanding that the college get affiliation from the Board of Intermediate at the earliest.Over 100 people, gheraoed the college campus and demanded action against the college administration that has been functioning for a year without affiliation.
Only a day ago BIE secretary A Ashok had revealed that 16 junior colleges of Sri Chaitanya group had been levied a fine to the tune of Rs 1.40 crore for irregularities in administrative procedures like poor infrastructure and labs and unauthorised additional classrooms which were found out during a vigilance check. These colleges cannot register for affiliation unless they pay the fine. The board has extended the deadline for registering for affiliation till August 10.
Of the 1,600 private junior colleges which had applied for affiliation, only 1,205 have been granted it. The board said that it was undecided on the fate of the remaining 395 colleges as they failed to submit the documentation required for affiliation. When Express contacted him, college manager Ram Babu refused to comment on the matter.
Parents said that at a meeting held with the management after their protest, the latter said that they would apply for affiliation. In case they fail to get the affiliation, the students will be moved to other colleges of the group that are recognised by BIE. But parents rejected the proposal. The college has about 2,200 students.
“We have paid Rs1 lakh towards a year’s fee. At other Sri Chaitanya colleges, the fee is only Rs 60,000. Our demand is that the college should get affiliation,” said A Goud, a parent. Another parent wondered what would have been the fate of students had the BIE not extended the date for registration. “We had admitted our child here considering the brand image of the group and hoping for the ward’s bright future. This sort of cheating has made the future of many students uncertain,” said Kiranmayee, another parent.