GU to consider granting affiliation to 44 colleges

The Need Committee of the Gujarat University (GU) is holding two special meetings with presentatives of about 44 different colleges from Gujarat to consider granting them affiliation from the forthcoming academic session.

These meetings to begin from Wednesday would ascertain and assess their records for eligibility. here colleges are already running various degree and post-graduate degree programmes.

The proposal lists six BBA colleges, 19 BCA colleges and two CA colleges. Of these, four BBA, 11 BCA and one MCA college is from Ahmedabad. Besides, the her institutes which have offered

Science, Arts and Commerce courses, five colleges have sought affiliation for Arts and Commerce, 11 institutes have offered to start only Commerce and one institute in An-jar has proposed to start a Science, Arts and Commerce institute. Representatives of these groups would meet the Need Committee on May 31.

Once the Need Committee has assessed these institutes, its recommendation would then be forwarded to the Academic and Executive Council for consideration. It is after these two bodies approve of the institutes will the process of granting affiliation complete. This the students fear would take place only around August, considering the pace with which, the university is expected to function.

Republished from Asian Age