August 2005

CET conducted by TNPPCA-HS
Tuesday, August 30, 2005 | gp

The consortium of Tamilnadu Private Professional Colleges Association Health Sciences (TNPPCA-HS) conducted a Common Entrance Test (CET) 2005 at Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Deemed University in Chennai yesterday. According to a press release, the test was conducted as per the orders of the permanent committee for admitting the aspiring candidates in management quota. This CET is common to all Health Sciences courses like Medical, Dental, Homeopathy, Siddha, Ayurvedha, Unani, Yogic Sciences and Naturopathy, Pharmacy, Nursing, Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy courses. Other centers for the CET include Vellore, Thiruchirapalli, Madurai, Tirunelveli, Nagercoil, Coimbatore, Salem, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala.

Govt to have no say in pvt. professional college admn
Friday, August 12, 2005 | gp

The Supreme Court of India issued a landmark judgement today regarding the admission criteria of professional private colleges and unaided and aided minority institutions in the country. A seven-judge Constitutional bench headed by Chief Justice R C Lahoti pronounced that the state governments will have no right to allot free merit seats or government qouta seats in these institutions. The court ruled that minority institutions, whether aided or non-aided, were free to admit students of their choice and students from other community could be admitted but not to such an extent so as to change the minority character. The court allowed private professional colleges to admit NRI students up to 15 per cent of total seats without giving merit a go-by. The judgement was welcomed by the managements while there was widespread criticism from the Left parties and student organisations. The CPM state secratary, Mr. Pinarayi Vijayan said, the new law will be against the interests of poor students, while SFI All India President, K. Ragesh said the judgement was very unfortunate.