Chief Secretary-led panel to look into amendments to 2006 Act

RAICHUR, KARNATAKA, NOVEMBER 01, 2013: Minister for Medical Education and Riachur In-charge Dr. Sharan Prakash Patil presspersons at Mahatma Ghandi Stadium in Raichur on Friday. - PHOTO: SANTOSH SAGAR.

The State government will set up a committee under the chairmanship of the Chief Secretary to look into the possible amendments to the Karnataka Professional Educational Institutions (Regulation of Admission and Determination of Fee) Act, 2006. Speaking to The Hindu after a meeting with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in Bengaluru on Wednesday, in which Higher Education Minister R.V. Deshpande also participated, Minister of State for Medical Education Sharanprakash R. Patil said, “The committee will look into the systems prevailing in the neighbouring States, the apprehensions expressed about the Act and what amendments are to be done.”