Candidates searching for admission to B Tech programs in 750 colleges affiliated to Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Technical College (AKTU) are annoyed with limitless delay and repeated extensions of the start of counselling schedule.
The college has not been in a position to start the process whilst August attracts to a detailed. The candidates are taking to social media tagging PM Narendra Modi, chief minister Yogi Adityanath and All India Council for Technical Training (AICTE) searching for their intervention as concern of zero session looms over AKTU.
“Our future is on the road right here. First, it was prolonged until August 4, then August 14 and later to August 20. No updates since then,” posted a candidate. One other aggrieved admission seeker wrote: “We want transparency. Pressing consideration wanted. College students and oldsters are dealing with large stress as a result of extended delay in launch of the counselling schedule.”
Candidates need AKTU to expedite the discharge of the counselling schedule. The college has not issued any official assertion for the delay.
The admission seekers concern menace of zero session at AKTU for the tutorial 12 months 2023-24 in the first-year programs after the Supreme Court docket (SC) rejected college’s plea that challenged the excessive court docket’s (HC) order turning down the college’s request for extending the date for granting affiliation to new colleges and lengthening affiliation of the present colleges.
All India Council Technical Training (AICTE) mandates {that a} school has to use for contemporary renewal of affiliation from AICTE first after which has to get affiliation from AKTU.
AICTE educational calendar says final date of granting or refusal approval by AICTE was June 10, remaining date of granting approval after attraction was June 30 and the final date for grant of affiliation by the college was July 31. This 12 months, AKTU missed the deadline.
AICTE says the final date as much as which first 12 months college students could be admitted towards vacancies and final date for graduation of class for the primary 12 months college students is September 15.
With simply two weeks to go, the admission seekers are anxious about their future. When the college missed the deadline, it approached the excessive court docket with a date extension plea. When it was turned down, AKTU challenged the HC’s choice in the Supreme Court docket however the attraction was rejected there.
“We are going to file a assessment petition in SC with information and hope to get aid. Candidates shouldn’t get anxious as we’re hopeful to get aid in SC’s assessment and counselling process will start and can wrap it by September 15,” mentioned AKTU vice-chancellor prof JP Pandey.