Varsity to stall admission of first year students in 65 colleges that lack full-time principal

Students to suffer on matter of principal

Varsity to stall admission of first year students in 65 colleges that lack full-time principal

The careers of hundreds of students from at least 65 colleges in the city are in jeopardy as the University of Pune has decided to stall their admissions.

The reason is that the colleges they applied to do not have full-time principals.The university is cut up that despite several warnings these colleges continue to admit students.

Deadline gone
The Supreme Court had directed that by May 31 colleges that lacked full-time principals would not be allowed to admit students to the first year.

The university on its website had listed all such colleges that had failed to abide by the deadline and warned students against taking admission to these colleges.

But many students did not heed the university's advice and applied for admission in these colleges."We are not going to issue eligibility certificates to these students.
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We are strictly following procedure, which mandates that since colleges have only temporary principals, the certificates cannot be issued to these students," said Vasudev Gade, director of the Board of College and University.

On many students losing a year if not accommodated in other colleges, he said the students had been warned of the consequences in advance.

"We had put up a list of these colleges on our website and clearly stated that we are in no way responsible for whatever happens.

And we are not taking the responsibility of accommodating these students elsewhere; they will have to manage on their own," said Gade.

Principals of colleges in the city have expressed concern over the decision taken by the university."It is indeed a sorry situation.

Neither the colleges nor the university would suffer as much as the students in this situation," said Dr Rajendra Junzarrao, principal of Modern College at Shivaji Nagar.
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"Such candidates who haven't applied to other colleges and depend on provisional admission in such colleges stand to lose a year if no solution is forthcoming on this issue."

Few Seats Elsewhere

A few principals said they could accommodate a few students in their colleges, but even that would not help sort out the chaos.

"We have a few seats vacant in arts and science batches, so we could accommodate a few students. But commerce seats are full in all colleges across the city and so are seats to professional courses like BBA and BMM," said Dr Shrikant Gupta, principal, Garware College.
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"If the situation arises where students are left in no man's land, then there will be so much chaos that it will be difficult to handle."