JOIN USCentral University offers free PG courses for girls
The Central University of Karnataka (CUK) has decided to offer its courses free of cost to girl students from the present academic year.
CUK Vice Chancellor A M Pathan told mediapersons here on Wednesday that though the Central government or the University Grants Commission has no such policy, the university’s executive council approved the policy to extend higher education facility for free to girls whose family income doesn’t exceed Rs 4.5 lakh a year.
He said the eligible candidates will be exempted from tuition fee and hostel room rent. However, he said, the seats would not be reserved for girls, except those specified as per the law: 15 per cent for Scheduled Castes, 7.5 per cent for Scheduled Tribes, 27 per cent for OBCs and migrant students from Kashmir.
Admission from May 7
Admission to the courses will begin on May 7 and the last date for submitting filled-in applications is June 25, Pathan said.
The varsity will hold the All India Entrance Exam on July 8 at 14 centres in Gulbarga, Bangalore, Mysore, Belgaum, Hubli, Mangalore ( in Karnataka), Hyderabad, Coimbatore, Trichur, Trivandrum, Solapur, Pune, Delhi, and Kolkata. Results will be declared on July 17. Classes will commence on August 1, he said.
The university had conducted the entrance exam previously in association with other newly established central universities while this time it has not collaborated with any of them.
MPhil cancelled
Abour 400 students will be admitted to different courses. However, it has cancelled MPhil, as the new norm of the UGC stipulates that a Ph D candidate should do a one-year course, making MPhil degree redundant, Pathan said.
Instead, the university has introduced new programmes - MSc in Physics, Mathematics, Geology and Geoinformatics, Master of Computer Applications. The intake for each course will be 30.