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160 hostels running without permission
Corporate colleges in the State are running 160 hostels without permission from the Board of Intermediate Education (BIE). It has been years now that the hostels are running without permissions and the managements are fleecing crores of rupees from the gullible parents. Among the unauthorised hotels, Visakhapatnam has 25, Guntur 30, Vijayawada 35, East Godavari 25 and Chittoor 25.
BIG-IMAGE##Visakhapatnam: Corporate colleges in the State are running 160 hostels without permission from the Board of Intermediate Education (BIE). It has been years now that the hostels are running without permissions and the managements are fleecing crores of rupees from the gullible parents. Among the unauthorised hotels, Visakhapatnam has 25, Guntur 30, Vijayawada 35, East Godavari 25 and Chittoor 25.
Highlights:
- College managements demand fee ranging between Rs 2 lakh to Rs4 lakh
- 10 students crammed into a room that accommodates only four
- Notice issued to managements, says Intermediate Board secretary
Inquiries revealed that the students are packed in the rooms as prisoners of war and often fed with low protein food. Sources said the colleges collect Rs 2 lakh to Rs 4 lakh per student depending on the type of the course. There are special codes for collecting more money, said a senior faculty member from reputed intermediate college.
“We teach the same syllabus but based on the parent interest and financial status, we charge more from them,” he added Narasinga Naidu, a parent from East Godavari said he had admitted his son in one corporate college in Guntur and paid Rs 2.5 lakh initially. “Not only teaching but also hostel maintenance and food is very bad. I lodged a complaint with the management but in vain. In turn, they are harassing my son for questioning management,” he said
Coporate junior colleges have hostels in all the districts. Some corporate chains have 8 to 10 hostels in every district. A room, which can accommodate only four students, is packed with 10 students. The hostels have a tough timetable, which many students fail to cope with. Mounika Reddy (name changed) from Tanuku, EG, said the teachers wake them up at 5 am in the morning ask the student to study till 7.30 am. The students have to complete their wash and breakfast by 8.30 am.
The classes begin at 10.30 and with a small break of 10 minutes, it continues till 1 pm. After lunch break, the classes resume at 2 pm and close at 8 pm. “Even though we are free by 10 pm, we are not able to sleep due to pressure,” said Alekya, a student from a corporate college in Vijaya wada.
A senior official with BIE admitted that the managements do not follow the rules and regulations of the Board. “There are no physical exercises for the students, no games, no counselling classes. If we question them they say they are talking to higher ups and not to bother,” he lamented.
SFI State secretary Noor Mohammad said due to government negligence private inter college managements were grinding the students for ranks race against the education act. “We will conduct state wide agitations soon,” he added.
Secretary of BIE B Udayaalakshmi said they found 160 hostels, which were running without any permission. “We issued notices to them. Recently 20 colleges approached us for permissions. We will take serious actions on managements which run against the norms,” she said.
By Jatlee Dontala
