The recent Supreme Court ruling on the freedom of private unaided colleges in reserving seats has propelled the A P Private Engineering Colleges Management Association to organise an All India Convention of Unaided Professional Educational Institutions (Engineering, Medical and others) that seeks to pass a resolution on providing 50 per cent reservation even without the requirement of a legislation by the Union government. | |
| The convention, to see a participation of around 400 delegates from various parts of the country, will be held in Hyderabad on October 1, 2005. |
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| Addressing a press conference, Malakonda Reddy, secretary, AP Private Engineering Colleges Management Association, said, "We at the same time have a reservation on passing the resolution that seeks to provide social justice. We want the government to give us the leverage on at least some percentage of the remaining seats that shall be filled without compromising on merit, in the proposed legislation to be made." |
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| The present judgement does not allow the 15 per cent NRI quota to be filled by others, if enough NRIs were not available, while so far it has been allowed, he said.The convention also seeks to come to a consensus on the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) fixing a uniform fee structure for professional education in the country. |
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| On the engineering education in the country, Reddy said about 95 per cent of the professional graduates were coming out of unaided professional institutions at present in India. There are about 1400 engineering colleges in India with more than 4.5 lakh seats and Andhra Pradesh tops with 260 engineering colleges offering about 95,000 seats, he said. |
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| The proposed Bill to make a legislation on reservation is likely to tabled in the winter session of the Parliament and the raging question is will the legislation be struck down by the judiciary questioning it to be against the rights of institutions. |
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