<p>No report submitted by the Local Inquiry Committees (LICs) on B Ed colleges affiliated to Bangalore University (BU) will be accepted. Their fate will instead be decided by the four-member special task force.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The university’s Academic Council resolved at a meeting on Tuesday that there was no urgency to grant or renew affiliation of B Ed colleges as the new academic year (2012-13) would begin only in December. In addition, the varsity will seek rental/lease agreements, duly registered with the Department of Stamps and Registration, from BEd colleges.<br /><br />The move comes in the wake of reports that several colleges lack proper infrastructure.<br /><br />Zaheda Mulla, a Government nominee to BU Syndicate, said that several colleges had not maintained clear legal records. A college received approval from law course but it was running a BSc programme, she said. <br /><br />Task force<br /><br />H Karan Kumar, chairman of the task force, suggested that a circular be sent, instructing colleges to furnish land/rental/lease agreement. Accordingly, a resolution was adopted.<br /><br />K B Vedamurthy, gubernatorial nominee to the Syndicate, faced some uncomfortable questions while presenting the report of an LIC chaired by him. <br /><br />He allegedly drew a demand draft for Rs 49,000 from his personal account on behalf of Pushpagiri Education Trust on December 23, 2011, after being nominated to the Syndicate. <br /><br />‘Personal issue’<br /><br />Vedamurthy first claimed it was a personal issue he didn’t want to discuss. When pressed hard, he said that he was not associated with the Trust and had only lent it the money. At this juncture, a member wondered if Vedamurthy’s report could be accepted given the disclosure. Vice-Chancellor N Prabhu Dev then said that the report would be seen only after an inquiry.<br /><br />Kumar later told reporters that the task force would visit the remaining 87 B Ed colleges to ascertain the facilities. A while after the meeting, representatives of St Francis B Ed College, Bangalore, gheraoed Kumar. <br /><br />They were upset with him for submitting answer scripts confiscated from the principal’s chamber. <br /><br />“We’d fix you. We spend crores on opening a college and you defame us,” they said, in an apparent threat. Kumar later said that he would seek police protection for visits to colleges. <br /></p>
<p>No report submitted by the Local Inquiry Committees (LICs) on B Ed colleges affiliated to Bangalore University (BU) will be accepted. Their fate will instead be decided by the four-member special task force.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The university’s Academic Council resolved at a meeting on Tuesday that there was no urgency to grant or renew affiliation of B Ed colleges as the new academic year (2012-13) would begin only in December. In addition, the varsity will seek rental/lease agreements, duly registered with the Department of Stamps and Registration, from BEd colleges.<br /><br />The move comes in the wake of reports that several colleges lack proper infrastructure.<br /><br />Zaheda Mulla, a Government nominee to BU Syndicate, said that several colleges had not maintained clear legal records. A college received approval from law course but it was running a BSc programme, she said. <br /><br />Task force<br /><br />H Karan Kumar, chairman of the task force, suggested that a circular be sent, instructing colleges to furnish land/rental/lease agreement. Accordingly, a resolution was adopted.<br /><br />K B Vedamurthy, gubernatorial nominee to the Syndicate, faced some uncomfortable questions while presenting the report of an LIC chaired by him. <br /><br />He allegedly drew a demand draft for Rs 49,000 from his personal account on behalf of Pushpagiri Education Trust on December 23, 2011, after being nominated to the Syndicate. <br /><br />‘Personal issue’<br /><br />Vedamurthy first claimed it was a personal issue he didn’t want to discuss. When pressed hard, he said that he was not associated with the Trust and had only lent it the money. At this juncture, a member wondered if Vedamurthy’s report could be accepted given the disclosure. Vice-Chancellor N Prabhu Dev then said that the report would be seen only after an inquiry.<br /><br />Kumar later told reporters that the task force would visit the remaining 87 B Ed colleges to ascertain the facilities. A while after the meeting, representatives of St Francis B Ed College, Bangalore, gheraoed Kumar. <br /><br />They were upset with him for submitting answer scripts confiscated from the principal’s chamber. <br /><br />“We’d fix you. We spend crores on opening a college and you defame us,” they said, in an apparent threat. Kumar later said that he would seek police protection for visits to colleges. <br /></p>
