The Karnataka State Universities (Amendment) Bill, 2015, was tabled in the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday to bring reforms in the governance and administration of the Bangalore University (BU) and improve academic quality by trifurcating BU.
The Bill said that the Bangalore University will continue with the campus at Jnanabharathi with jurisdiction over the areas of 15 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Bengaluru Urban and Rural and Ramanagaram districts.
The new university called Bangalore Central University, which would be established as an affiliate would have its headquarters as Bangalore Central College campus with territorial jurisdiction over the areas of the 13 Assembly constituencies of Bangalore Urban district.
Another new university called Bangalore North University, which would be established as an affiliating university with headquarters at Jangamkote (Sidalagahatta taluk) (temporary camp office at Kolar PG Centre) with territorial jurisdiction of 17 constituencies in Bengaluru Urban, and Rural, Chikkaballapur, and Kolar districts.
The proposed legislation would incur an expenditure of Rs. 10 crore, the Bill said.
The Government would appoint a Special officer for taking steps to establish the Bangalore Central and North Universities.
Professional courses
The Karnataka Professional Educational Institutions (Regulation of Admission and determination fee) (Amendment) Bill, 2015 was also tabled in the Legislative Assembly to safeguard the interests of meritorious students belonging to poor families.
The Bill envisages continuation of the consensual agreement with professional private educational institutions for 2015-16 admissions. It proposed to amend the Karnataka Professional Educational Institutions (Regulation of Admission and determination fee) (Amendment) Act, 2006, to incorporate the consensual agreement in the Act.
All these years, the Act had been kept in abeyance to facilitate consensual agreement with private college managements.
