In some good news for the students, Nagpur University has again extended its last date of admission for all courses apparently to fill up huge number of vacant seats in majority of faculties. This is for the third time that deadline has been extended by the NU authorities after heavy demand by the majority of affiliated colleges where large number of seats remained unfulfilled, a senior official informed.
A notification issued by the NU registrar Mahesh Yenkie on September 13 and addressed to all colleges mentioned that the admission deadline has been stretched to September 29 with a view to benefit many students who still wish to take admission. It will be applicable for both annual and semester pattern faculties and subjects. But, the notification would not be applicable for courses where admissions were conducted under Centralized Admission Procedure (CAP).
Interestingly, the new notification comes with a rider that principals of the colleges admitting such students will have to submit an undertaking that their academic year comprising 180 days would be completed by them by conducting extra classes. Though Yenkie was not available for the comments, senior official added that on account of blind expansion of colleges in NU which crossed 800 mark, the colleges are finding it extremely difficult to get students. To add to the woes, increasing number of them are seeking refuge at Mumbai, Pune and other universities where ample job opportunities exist.
The official, however, raised concern over NU's move stating that since winter exams of annual pattern are commencing on October 15 and those of semester pattern to follow soon, the students will hardly get any time to complete the mandatory requirement of 180 days as per Maharashtra Universities Act, 1994. Additionally, the one-month Diwali vacations would also begin next month followed by the season of social and cultural events, which will make it even more difficult to complete the norm.
Already NU has received flak over its decision to permit students of 85 colleges (in 2006-07 and 2007-08 sessions), including engineering, to appear in the annual examinations despite the fact that they hardly attended college for even 90 days. These colleges in question admitted students after getting affiliation from NU as late as January 2007 and its students appeared in the summer examinations that began in March same year. Even a police complaint was filed alleging that NU bosses had violated provisions of law and granted bogus degrees to the students. Subsequently, a case was filed in Nagpur bench of Bombay high court which later moved to the Supreme Court.
FROM :- TOI
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