HYDERABAD: After denying affiliation to around 98 percent of the private junior colleges for this academic year, the Telangana State Board of Intermediate Education (TSBIE) has recently allowed the students of these colleges to register for the public examinations to be held in March.
However, it will only be a temporary relief for more than eight lakh students as it is still not clear whether they will be allowed to appear for the examinations.
Citing violation of affiliation norms, the Intermediate Board has recently cancelled the affiliation of 2,497 private junior colleges and served them with show-cause notices. In order to regain the affiliation, the colleges have been asked to get clearance from the departments of disaster response and fire services, and municipal administration & urban development for their college buildings.
In a recent notice, the board has sent a reminder to the colleges about the required clearance for affiliation. Without setting any deadline for them for securing the requisite clearances, the board, however, said that it would take only a month to complete the entire procedure. The colleges have to submit an NOC from the fire services department, sanitary certificate issued by the medical officer and structural soundness certificate issued by the authorised engineer.
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However, the private colleges have opposed the notices, saying it is impossible to get clearances in 15 days. members of the Private Junior Colleges Association have said the colleges have to make several modifications to the existing infrastructure to meet the fire safety norms. Citing the fast-approaching examination schedule, they appealed to the board to grant relaxation for this academic year.
According to Intermediate Board’s recent statement, many private colleges did not take any of the necessary permissions from the government. They also shifted campuses without permission. Many colleges are functioning in commercial buildings which do not have any fire safety mechanism.