Telangana issue keeps college managements on tenterhooks

The latest developments on Telangana, especially at the time of the commencement of the new admissions session, has kept the managements of professional colleges in the city on tenterhooks.

Over 80 per cent of the total professional colleges existing in the state are located in and around the city. All the engineering, medical, dental, pharmacy and management colleges depend on students from the Seema-ndhra region to fill the seats, especially in the management quota.

College managements are debating over what will happen if the Centre grants statehood to Telangana with Hyderabad as its capital and the subsequent issues that may arise — local, non-local issues with regard to future admissions.

The Sri Krishna Committee had also pointed out excessive clustering of colleges in and around Hyderabad that may create problems in future.

“Many students and parents who have registered with us for management quota seats earlier, are not responding on taking admissions now,” said K.V.K. Rao, chairman of St. Mary’s Group of Institutions.

“If T-state is declared, students from Seemandhra region will become students of another state. As per existing norms, students from other states are not eligible to take admission in 70 per cent of the merit quota seats. They are eligible only for 10 per cent of the remaining management quota seats,” said N. Ramesh, chairman of Consortium of AP Priv-ate Professional and Engineering Colleges Managements’ Association.