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Chandigarh 04th June:- Joint Action Committee (JAC) of all the 14 associations
of unaided colleges under the chairmanship of Ashwani Sekhri held a press
conference today at Chandigarh Press Club. The member associations represent
more than 1500 unaided institutes.
JAC spokesperson Dr. Anshu Kataria while addressing the
Press conference said that JAC urge the Punjab Govt. to immediately amend the
notification released on July 22, 2016 by the previous Govt. and shall have the
calculations of audit based on this revised policy.
He said further that according to this notification the
Govt. shall not disburse or seek the refund of fee of those SC students who
have not completed their course but studied for 1-2-3 years. The audit teams
have calculated the objectionable amount based on this policy w.e.f. 2011-12 sessions
while it was implemented w.e.f. 2016-17. JAC said that dropout rate is very
high in India and the claim of dropout students for the period he has studied
is not a fraud.
The Govt. has also applied fee capping on the courses
where fee of Govt. colleges is less than the unaided institutes like ITI, B.
Ed., ETT, BA, B.Com, B.Sc etc. The fee for these institutes is fixed by the
Govt. hence they are liable to receive the same fee for SC students as well.
Due to this policy these institutes are demanding full fee from SC students.
Ashwani Sekhri further said that due to faulty policy
enacted by the previous Govt. the institutes are suffering. The Punjab Govt.
has also weakened its case of release of scholarship from center by terming the
audit objections as embezzlement of funds and fraud. He said that deductions on
flimsy grounds shall serve no bearing on financial health of Govt., which have
fixed liability of only 60.80 crore per annum till 2016-17. More than
half Colleges turned into NPA Accounts/ after Farmers now Educationists on
Suicidal mode.
After Farmers now Educationists have started committed
suicide. Recently one ITI owner from Muktsar, Subhash Bhateja committed
suicide. More than half of the Colleges have turned into NPA account because of
the Nonpayment of the funds since last 2-3 years. Banks have started auctions
after taking the possession of the NPA accounts. This situation has arisen due
to non release of PMS from last 2-3 years.
JAC demanded from the Punjab Govt. to immediately release
its share of around 700 crore of total balance of PMS for SC of more than 1600
crore. They said that Chief Minister has consented to have a meeting with JAC
on 14th June to listen and address their concerns.
JAC is hopeful of solution to their problems by the CM.
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