44 new colleges to seek GU affiliation

Need committee of the Gujarat University is holding two special meetings to chalk out details of the colleges running various degree and post-graduation courses, which might be granted permission to begin academic session in the forthcoming months. As many as 44 colleges, which are seeking affiliation from the Gujarat University in this regard will present themselves before the committee for assessment.

The proposal lists six BBA colleges, of which four are from Ahmedabad, as many as 19 BCA colleges, 11 being from the city, and two MCA colleges, one of them in Ahmedabad. The representatives of the academic institutes will see the need committee on May 30.

Of the other institutes that have offered science, arts and commerce courses, five colleges have proposed to take up arts and commerce courses, one institute from Anjar has sent a proposal to start arts, science and commerce, while as many as 11 colleges have proposed to start commerce colleges. Representatives of this group will put forward their proposals and action plans before the need committee on May 31.

Following the assessment, the need committee will forward the results to the university academic council and the executive committee, which will take up further proceedings as regards granting permission to these institutes.

"Although the academic session begins in June 2001, by the time these colleges are shown a green flag, it will be August," remarks a senior official of the university. "Then how will they facilitate the admissions is a matter of worry," he said.

Republished from Asian Age