BIE bans private junior colleges from giving coaching for competitive exams

Nellore: Board of Intermediate Education (BIE) initiates steps against the private junior colleges which collect exorbitant fees from the students. Now, the Board imposes restrictions on the junior colleges asking them to confine only to academic activity and not to collect any additional fees from the students for other courses.

The colleges which collect extra fee from students for conducting additional classes for competitive examinations will be penalised. The Board is intending to reduce stress on the students in view of increasing suicidal tendency among the students of corporate colleges.

Teachers in these private colleges bring constant pressure on students by asking them to strive to get ranks in academic and also in competitive examinations. Students who are unable to withstand pressure from institutions are going to depression and are resorting to suicides.

Currently, the Board is insisting the private colleges only to collect tuition fee fixed by the government. Further, they have to show the original receipts of fees collected from the students every year. If they collect more amount from the students, such colleges will be initially be penalised.

There are 27 Government Junior Colleges and around 150 private colleges in the district. Government colleges are collecting around Rs. 4,500-5,000 for two years from the students whereas private and corporate colleges have been collecting between Rs. 50,000 and Rs. 1,50,000 in the guise of additional coaching for various competitive exams.

Classes are being conducted in private and corporate colleges for IIT/JEE, EAMCET, AIEEE besides regular courses. Classes are being held from 6 am to 11 pm including study hours. As per government norms, the colleges have to conduct classes from 8 am up to maximum 6 pm for the intermediate courses.

"The Board is simply going to impose penalties against the errant colleges where they can easily pay them for violating the norms. The government should cancel the permission of the Colleges," said Principal of a Government Junior College.