PUNE: A recent order by the Supreme Court (SC) granting an interim stay on the Bombay High Court's order of October 16, 2008, which had stayed the state government's approval to 29 unaided second shift polytechnics, has revived hopes of over 6,000 students who continue to wait for writing their first semester examinations.
Three of these 29 new second-shift polytechnics (sanctioned for 2008-09) are run by two Pune-based academic institutions at campuses in Hadapsar, Wagholi and Katraj.
Maharashtra State Board for Technical Education (MSBTE), the state's exam conducting body for technical institutions, had issued a notice on October 18, 2008, declaring that it won't conduct the first semester winter exam at these 29 second-shift polytechnics, subject to the outcome of the legal tussle in the Bombay High Court. Thus, putting a question mark over the fate of students admitted by the shift-polytechnics. The Teachers Association for Non-aided Polytechnics (TAFNAP) had filed a PIL (No. 126/2008) in the high court, which is due for hearing on February 10.
At least 22 of these shift-polytechnics had moved independent special leave petitions (SLPs) in the Supreme Court against the high court order. Following a hearing on January 16, 19 and 23, the apex court issued an order granting the interim stay and posted the next hearing for February 13.
The interim stay is subject to condition that the concerned polytechnics admitted students upto the numbers approved by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), states the order passed by an apex court bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justice P Sathasivam.
"In view of the SC order, we are now approaching the MSBTE with a plea to conduct the first semester winter exam for our students," said K S Bandi, project director of the Nashik-based K K Wagh education society's polytechnic, which led the move to the SC.
MSBTE director G B Dhanokar told TOI, "We haven't been approached yet by any of the concerned shift-polytechnics nor have we got any fresh directives either from the state government or any court on the matter."
Dhanokar said, "As of now, we are in the process of finalising results for the ongoing semester, which takes 40 days after the theory exams are over." He said, "In case of any fresh directive that we may receive, we will call the board's meeting to take a final call on the matter."
Dhanokar said, "On a previous occasion, before they moved the SC, the shift-polytechnics had approached the board, seeking a reconsideration of the latter's decision regarding semester exam. We had then referred the issue to the state director of technical education (DTE) and the government, but we did not receive any response so far."
In its PIL before the high court, the TAFNAP has alleged irregularities in the process of allotment of these shift polytechnics, thereby causing contempt of the court's order of August 22, 2008. The court then ruled that only those new institutions, which were sanctioned before June 30, should be allowed to go functional from 2008-09 while those sanctioned after June 30 be made operational from 2009-10.
The state government's special leave petition (SLP) against the high court's August 22, 2008, order is pending in the Supreme Court.
The AICTE's clearance to the shift-polytechnics came on August 26, 2008, following which the state issued a government resolution (GR) on September 1, 2008, allotting shift polytechnics at 33 government-run and 29 unaided institutes. All unaided institutes completed their admissions within 10 days of the AICTE's clearance and started running their classes.
Diploma holders can now enrol for 2nd year BSc
Mumbai: A recent circular issued by the Mumbai University has sought to categorically state the guidelines for students who have completed a diploma after Class XII and then seek admission to a BSc degree course of the university or its affiliated colleges. The objective, said a university official, was to prevent loss of academic year for students.
The circular states that a candidate who has "passed, post HSC, with a diploma from the Maharashtra State Board of Technical Education (MSBTE) or the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) approved or any other recognised government body" in certain subjects, then the student will be "eligible for direct admission to the second year of the BSc degree course."
These subjects include information technology; computer technology; computer science; computer engineering; electrical, electronics and video engineering and its allied branches; mechanical and allied branches; chemical and allied branches and production and allied branches.
The university official explained that earlier the mention of diploma and its duration was ambiguous and there was no clarity on whether a diploma holder (having done the programme after Class XII) could seek admission directly to the second year or was required to take admission from the first year itself.
"This ambiguity would result in loss of an academic year for the students. Hence, the need was felt to rectify this uncertainty and spell out the rules clearly," said the official on condition of anonymity.
The circular further states that a candidate who has passed a three-year engineering or technology diploma course after Class X is also eligible for admission to the second year of the BSc degree programmes of the university or its affiliated colleges.
"In effect, this implies that it is either, three years after Std 10 or one year after Std 12," said the official. The circular, which was issued in the first week of January, says that the rules specified have been brought into effect from this academic year, itself.
Maharashtra State Board of Technical Education (MSBTE)
The Result of Winter 2008 Diploma Examination shall be declared online on MSBTE website www.msbte.com, on 14th Feb 2009 at 3:00pm.
MSBTE circular for post result activities can be viewed at the following link:
http://www.msbte.com/website/pdfdocs/News2009/winter2008Result.pdf [link]
MSBTE Result of Winter 2008 Diploma Examination
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