The State’s Higher Education Department is pushing education institutions to perform well by offering incentives to them. A new Government Order promises a shot at increasing intake in institutions that show consistent performance.
From the academic year 2015–16, those institutions — both aided and unaided — that have been graded with ‘A+’ or ‘A’ by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), and have put out good results in the final examinations consistently, can seek approval for increase in intake.
The interested eligible institutions are expected to send requests to the Principal Secretary, Higher Education Department, about the proposed enhanced intake and present intake before December 31. They will also have to provide an undertaking about keeping aside 25 per cent of the seats to students from poor socio-economic background.
The government will, without any enquiry, convey its acceptance (or not) within 15 days after receiving the proposal. The acceptance letter will be forwarded to the university concerned, which will send the Local Inquiry Committee for inspection of infrastructure and faculty. Colleges have also been given the option of running the course in shifts.
The government’s decision to provide incentives to aided and unaided institutions comes following Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s promise in his budget speech of rewarding government colleges with results 10 per cent higher than the university average. Citing “paucity of funds” in extending these rewards infrastructure-wise and to the teachers, the Higher Education Department decided to incentivise private institutions in a different manner.
