KEA’s New Clauses for Private Colleges Amid Seat Blocking Issue
Introduction
The Karnataka Examination Authority (KEA) has proposed two key recommendations to private colleges before starting the admission process. After the seat-blocking issue, the authority submitted a report to the principal of the Higher Education department, mentioning two clauses in the consensual agreement that will be executed with private colleges for KCET 2025.
Under the existing system and as per the consensual agreement between the state government and the Karnataka Unaided Private Engineering Colleges Association (KUPECA), the seats that go unfilled after the KEA allotment process and those that are opted for by students but who don't report return to the colleges are to be filled under the management quota
The current clause in the consensual agreement reads: "Without reason, professional institutions should admit all the candidates who are allotted by KEA. After casual round of counselling (after second extended round) the KEA shall provide branch-wise vacancy list of available seats and shall handover to the concerned colleges. During the reconciliation and approval, the colleges should provide the list of vacant seats issued by the KEA if available."
“Government puts these conditions in the consensual agreement itself, it would definitely prevent blocking of seats and help poor meritorious students to get admissions”, said an official source from KEA.
KEA has registered an FIR with the Malleswaram police, who might forward the investigation to CCB for further inquiry on the alleged seat-blocking scam, where over 2,300-plus seats were returned to the colleges after a second extended round by KEA.
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