CHENNAI: Anna University is all set to issue show cause notices to 36 engineering colleges for not providing the infrastructure to run 85 courses.
The decision was taken by the Syndicate of the Anna University at a meeting convened on Friday to discuss the marks scored by engineering colleges at the routine inspection conducted by the University.
The University has over 130 engineering colleges, which offer 880 courses for students at the undergraduate level. During an inspection carried out by the University, 31 colleges scored below 50 per cent in 85 courses offered by them. The inspection is done for every course and marks have been allotted for faculty members, qualification of the faculty members, infrastructure facilities like library, lab equipments among other things.
“The inspection of the University showed that 85 courses offered in 31 colleges had secured marks below 50 per cent. So a decision was taken by the syndicate that a show-cause notice would be issued to he colleges on Monday and they would be given 15 days to rectify the deficiencies,” said Dr P Mannar Jawahar, Vice-Chancellor of Anna University.
After 15 days, a team would be sent again to the colleges and if they have not made up for their deficiencies then the colleges would be not be allowed to offer those courses from this academic year. A decision has been taken only with respect to the new admissions from the next academic year.
The idea to grade the colleges based on these marks received at the inspection was not received well by the Syndicate and instead it was proposed that the marks that the Universities get itself should be made available on the University’s website.
This is a big step in making this inspection process transparent and would help parents and students to make their decision during the admission period. Since this will directly affect the number of students opting for the courses in the colleges, this will also pressure the colleges to offer the best available facilities.