by Haryananewswire (Balbir)
CHANDIGARH, SEPT 17
The Haryana Government has notified the Haryana
Private Technical Educational Institution (Regulation of Admission and Fee)
Act, 2012 for regulation of admission and fee for technical courses run by a
private technical educational institution in the state.
While
stating this here today, an official spokesman said that the State Government
would constitute a committee for regulating admission and fee charged for a
technical course by a private technical educational institution in the state.
The committee would consist of a Chairperson, who would be a retired Judge of
Supreme court or High Court or former Vice-Chancellor of a university or has
experience in public administration at senior position. Director General
Technical Education (ex-officio), a reputed Chartered Accountant, a person
having wide experience in the administration of Technical Education and an
academician not below the rank of Professor in Engineering or Management would
act as its members.
He said that the Committee would regulate the
admission process and the fee structure for a technical course in a private
technical institution in the State and the matters connected with it.
He said
that the committee would have powers to require any private technical
educational institution to place before it, the proposed fee structure for such
institution along with all the relevant documents and the books of accounts;
verify whether the fee structure proposed by such institution is justified;
approve the fee structure for such institution or determine a different fee
which would be charged by such institution for different courses run by it:
provided that the Committee would also approve the fee structure for technical
courses run by the aided technical educational institution in case, the said
institution is not receiving any aid for the said course.
He said that the committee could also
frame its own procedure for the conduct of its proceedings. The fee
structure so determined by the committee would be binding on the private
technical educational institution for a period of three years and the same fee
would continue further if the private technical educational institution does
not approach the Committee for revision. The fee determined by the committee
would be applicable to a student who is admitted in a technical course in an
academic year and would not be revised for him till the completion of his
course in that private technical educational institution. A private technical
educational institution would not be allowed to charge or collect any fee other
than the fee determined by the committee and would not be allowed to collect
the fee at a time, more than the fee of one term from a student in an academic
year.
He said
that the Committee, for the purpose of making inquiry under this Act, would
have same powers as a Civil Court under the Code of Civil Procedure while
trying a suit, in respect of the summoning and enforcing the attendance of any
witness and examining him on oath; requiring the discovery and production of
any documents; receiving evidence on affidavit and appointing Commission for
examination of witness or for local inspection. He said that any proceedings
before such committee would be deemed to be judicial proceedings for the
purpose of section 196 of the IPC, 1860.
He said
that the Committee would regulate the admissions in a technical course run by a
private education institution, made on the basis of the merit secured by the
student in the Common Entrance Test or by any other method prescribed by the
Government. The eligibility for admission to a technical course in a private
technical educational institution would be such as may be decided by the State
Government. The State Government may, by order, allocate seats for management
category out of sanctioned intake, in private technical educational
institution, other than minority institution. A private technical educational
institution would make admission to a technical course under the open merit
category, on the basis of the Common Entrance Test or the procedure as may be
prescribed by the State Government. The institution may make a admission to a
seat under the management category, by directly receiving applications from
persons who have passed qualifying examination and after following a
transparent process of determining inter-se-merit or any other method, as may
be prescribed by the State Government for a private technical educational
institution or category of technical courses or category of such institutions.
He said
that no student would be admitted in a technical course unless he fulfills the
eligibility criteria including the minimum qualifying marks as prescribed by
the State Government. Every admission to a technical course in a private
technical educational institution would be made in accordance with the
provisions of the Act or the rules made there under and every admission made in
contravention thereof, would be void. The State Government may, direct a
private technical educational institution to make reservation of seats in
admission to various technical courses in the manner, as may be prescribed from
time to time.
He said
that every private educational institution would propose its fee structure for
each course separately on the basis of the guidelines issued by the Committee
and the proposed fee structure would be examined, approved and regulated by the
Committee and the same would be binding on such institution. Different fee
structure may be determined for different courses and for different
institutions. In case a private technical educational institution does not
propose its fee structure, the provisional fee structure as decided by the
Committee would be applicable to such institution. The fee would be so fixed as
to recover the actual cost of imparting education on recurring basis. While
assessing the fee, inter-alia, establishment cost of faculty and supporting
staff, operation and maintenance charges, fee charged by Council, affiliating
university and Haryana State Board of Technical Education, development fee to
serve the laying and up-gradation of infrastructure, betterment and growth of
the institution and special amenities to the students and other miscellaneous
charges, such as hostel fee, mess charges and transport charges are to be taken
into account: Provided that services and facilities such as hostel, mess and
transport would be provided on no profit no loss basis.
He said
that before determining fee, the private technical educational institution,
parents or guardians and representatives of students already studying therein
would be given a reasonable opportunity to express their view point in writing
with respect to the determination of fee. No private technical educational
institution would charge or collect or cause to be charged or collect
capitation fee on its behalf from any student or his relative in consideration
of his admission to or continuance in any technical course of study in such
institution, he added.
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