SC warns professional colleges over faculty
The Supreme Court on Friday warned the private professional institutions in the country against lacking in faculty standards despite charging high fee from the students and even threatened closure of those institutions not adhering to the set standards.
“We can’t compromise on the quality of the education for want of teachers.” a vacation bench of Justices R.M. Lodha and A.K. Patnaik said.
The top court gave the warning while dealing with a case pertaining to the grant of permission for admission of students in 10 profession institutions from Maharasthra despite their failure to appoint proper faculty and even the principals. “The standard of institutions and education must be improved in the best interest of the students,” the bench told the counsel for these institutions, while allowing them to admit students for 2010-11 academic year after an “undertaking” that they would put in place the requisite faculty within six months.
The court expressed dismay over the fact that these institutions had conducted the exams for the previous academic year with improper faculty and even not having the regularly appointed principals and running their affairs virtually on ad hoc basis. “You passed the last academic year like this but it will not be allowed again. If you do not do it in the next six months, then better close down the colleges,” the bench observed.
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