Dr CN Ashwath Narayan, Minister for Higher Education, said on Monday, that a merit list of eligible candidates will be prepared to recruit teaching faculty for universities. 

 

Addressing a press conference he stated that universities will be instructed to recruit by calling candidates on the merit list for interviews in a 1:5 ratio.

 

This new system has been introduced to bring about transparency in the system, Narayan opined.

 

He stated that the admission process for degree colleges for the year 2022-23 would commence on July 11. For the first time, the admission process will be conducted through UUCMS (Unified University and College Management System). Students can apply for any college of their choice by using a single login. They need not physically go to different colleges to submit applications. By entering the PUC register number all the information related to the marks card can be obtained. Similarly, caste certificates, income certificates, etc can be availed by AADHAR authentication, Narayan explained.

 

The fee has been retained the same as the previous year in 440 first grade colleges, 100 polytechnics, and 14 engineering colleges. For the first time after independence, it has been allowed to retain the fee collected by colleges in respective bank accounts. This would result in Rs.50 crore accumulation in bank accounts of institutions, he informed.

 

Physical submission of files by universities has been stopped. Now, all files are being submitted through the e-office and this has led to the creation of 32,000 e-files. A total of Rs. 1600 crore has been transferred directly to bank accounts of students through the portal and salary is being paid in all the universities through HRMS platform, he explained.

 

The committee headed by Dr. Vasudeva Atre has submitted a report to develop public universities in the state akin to IIMs. It has been intended to bring out an Act based on this report. This has been put on the website of the department to bring it to the notice of the general public and citizens are invited to express their opinions Narayan said.