<p>The intervention comes after talks for over four months reached a cul-de-sac and failed to arrive at any consensus. Moreover, Higher Education Minister V S Acharya will be missing in action for a few days as he is recuperating from an injury. <br /><br />The meeting has been convened days after the State government announced a new fee proposal –– Rs 35,000 for colleges in Bangalore, and Rs 32,500 for colleges outside. <br /><br />The negotiation that began way back in December hit a stonewall last month, after the government refused to budge from its stance of not increasing the fee. <br /><br />Higher Education Minister V S Acharya has offered a fee of Rs 32,500 to private colleges against their demand of Rs 50,000 per annum. <br /><br />Private college managements had based their demand on implementation of recommendations of Sixth Pay Commission. Aghast, colleges demanded that the content of the Fee Regulatory Committee report be revealed. <br /><br />Currently, a petition by former Lok Sabha member R L Jalappa and private engineering colleges association is pending before the High Court seeking that the contents of the report be revealed. <br /><br />As per the Supreme Court judgments, private colleges are at liberty to admit students based on an entrance test, while fee has to be fixed by a regulatory committee. However, a consensual agreement between the government and private colleges can override this. <br /><br />As a result, since 2006, admissions to engineering and medical colleges have been made on the basis of consensual agreements.</p>
<p>The intervention comes after talks for over four months reached a cul-de-sac and failed to arrive at any consensus. Moreover, Higher Education Minister V S Acharya will be missing in action for a few days as he is recuperating from an injury. <br /><br />The meeting has been convened days after the State government announced a new fee proposal –– Rs 35,000 for colleges in Bangalore, and Rs 32,500 for colleges outside. <br /><br />The negotiation that began way back in December hit a stonewall last month, after the government refused to budge from its stance of not increasing the fee. <br /><br />Higher Education Minister V S Acharya has offered a fee of Rs 32,500 to private colleges against their demand of Rs 50,000 per annum. <br /><br />Private college managements had based their demand on implementation of recommendations of Sixth Pay Commission. Aghast, colleges demanded that the content of the Fee Regulatory Committee report be revealed. <br /><br />Currently, a petition by former Lok Sabha member R L Jalappa and private engineering colleges association is pending before the High Court seeking that the contents of the report be revealed. <br /><br />As per the Supreme Court judgments, private colleges are at liberty to admit students based on an entrance test, while fee has to be fixed by a regulatory committee. However, a consensual agreement between the government and private colleges can override this. <br /><br />As a result, since 2006, admissions to engineering and medical colleges have been made on the basis of consensual agreements.</p>
