BU to go slow on disaffiliation drive

High pass percentage in PU increases demand for undergraduate seats in colleges

The spurt in the pass percentage in the II PU exams this year has forced the Bangalore University to go slow on the proposed disaffiliation drive against the colleges offering undergraduate courses.

The demand for UG courses has shot up considerably as the pass percentage at the II PU level reached a record 57.03 this year.

Bangalore University Vice-Chancellor Prabhu Dev said here on Wednesday that the university would not disaffiliate any college with undergraduate course this year.

And the number of seats will not be decreased in any government college so as to accommodate the students seeking admission to undergraduate courses.

 The university will also grant permission to increase intake in colleges, if they have applied for it, considering the rush for seats.

The decision was taken at the university Syndicate meeting held here on Wednesday.

The Syndicate members went through the Local Inquiry Committee reports and passed a resolution that affiliation would be given to colleges offering post graduation courses that are yet to get the NAAC accreditation, with a notice asking them to get the nod soon.

“Getting the NAAC accreditation takes a long time and a decision had to be taken in the interest of the students,” Prabhu Dev said.

Since the admission to BEd courses begins only in December, the Syndicate decided to wait for the reports to be submitted by the Task Force constituted by the university with respect to BEd colleges.

Deadlock over exams

The meeting witnessed heated debate over the University Visveswaraiah College of Engineering conducting two exams for the students of final semester.

The college had given the option of choosing between the June and July exam to the students. The decision to this effect was taken by the college as some students, who were applying for PG courses, wanted the exams to be completed early.

“Many had taken the Air Force exam and had got through to the IIMs. The exams had to be completed soon to enable them to join the PG courses. On the other hand, those who didn’t apply for PG courses did not want the exam early.

Hence, we conducted two exams and gave students the option to choose between the two,” college principal Venugopal, told Deccan Herald. As many as 60 students took the exam in June while the rest wrote it in July, he added.

The syndicate members protested the decision saying they were not informed about it and alleged that the exam was conducted to facilitate the interests of a few students with “influential parents”.

As the meet failed to arrive at a consensus over the issue, it was decided that a special syndicate meeting would be called soon. Surprisingly, Registrar (Administration) Mylarappa feigned ignorance and said he was not aware of the exam being conducted twice.