Fee hike in private engineering, medical colleges

Government seals deal on seat sharing and fees for engineering and medical courses

May 28, 2015 12:00 am | Updated 05:33 am IST - BENGALURU:

Private college managements have their way with the government arriving at a consensus with them to allow for a hike in fee for professional courses for the academic year 2015-16. However, those taking admissions in government colleges will be paying the same fee as students did last year.

The consensual agreement on seat sharing and fee structure for engineering courses in the State was officially signed between the government and private college managements on Wednesday. A date has not been fixed for the consensual agreement to be signed with private medical college managements.

The government announced its decision to amend the Karnataka Professional Educational Institutions (Regulation of Admission and Determination of Fee) Act, 2006 to incorporate the consensual agreement. Though the fee has been hiked, there is no change in seat share of the government in these colleges. In engineering, 45 per cent of the seats in private colleges will belong to the government, which will be reserved for those being admitted through the Common Entrance Test (CET) quota.

As reported earlier, those colleges charging government-quota students Rs. 45,000 will be allowed to charge Rs. 1.5 lakh for the Consortium of Medical, Engineering and Dental Colleges of Karnataka (COMEDK) quota. The colleges that charge Rs. 50,000 for government-quota seats will charge up to Rs. 1.1 lakh for the COMEDK quota.

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