V. Sivankutty, MLA, on Friday said the Vice Chancellor and a few Syndicate members of the University of Kerala were trying to make the 10 B.Ed. colleges run by the university defunct so as to help teacher training institutes owned by private managements.
Addressing a press meet here, Mr. Sivankutty said admissions to the 10 colleges were stopped this academic year after a ruling by the High Court directing the university to rectify defects pointed out by the National Council for Teacher Education.
Following the court direction, the government intervened to rectify the defects, and all the mandatory procedures were fulfilled.
The government also passed an order directing the university to start the admission procedure. Despite the order, the Syndicate decided not to open the colleges for admission, he said.
The university decision had deprived around 2,000 students of admission to the 10 colleges by paying a reasonable amount as fee. The candidates were compelled to seek admission to private teacher training institutes paying huge sums, he said.
