Click to play videoBangalore: The Karnataka government is set to lock horns with the Union government by deciding to grant autonomy to six deemed universities, which the Centre wants to derecognise along with 38 others.
The Union government has filed an affidavit before the Supreme Court, seeking derecognition of 44 deemed universities. "It is a policy decision that all the deemed universities will finally go," Union Human Resources Development Minister Sibal has said.
Arvind Limbavli, Higher Education Minister of Karnataka, has a different view. Limbavli believes deemed universities must be given “options”.
“They have got three options. One is to come to back to our state university and get affiliation. Another is getting affiliation but have autonomous status; third is private university,” Limbavli told CNN-IBN.
But the Union Human Resources Development Ministry wants to derecognise institutions, such as the Christ University and Jain University in Bangalore, on grounds that they have poor infrastructure and are run like businesses.
The Bharatiya Janata Party government in Karnataka though believes the Ministry has a problem. “They are good colleges--MHRD has a problem,” said Limbavli.
Students of deemed universities in Karnataka are worried and want the government to decide on the status of the institutions soon. “After my studies when I go for job interviews and say I am from Jain University employers will say ‘the university that doesn’t exist anymore’,” said one student.
The Centre’s worry about falling standards in deemed universities could be correct but its decision to derecognise the institutions in the middle of the academic year isn’t fair, say students.
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