Chandigarh
4 June 2018
DIVYA AZAD
JAC demanded amendment in notification dated July 22, 2016
A Press conference of Joint Action Committee (JAC) of all the 14 associations of unaided colleges was held under the chairmanship of Mr. Ashwani Sekhri 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.
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 session 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.
How Govt fees and Unaided Colleges fees can be same?
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.
Deductions of flimsy ground has weakened the case of Punjab at Centre Govt
Mr. Sekhri further told 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 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 Non payment 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.
CM consented to meet JAC on June 14, 2018
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 Hon’ble 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
Mr. J. S. Dhaliwal and Mr. Manjeet Singh from PUTIA, Dr. Anshu Kataria, President, PUCA Mr. Gurmeet Singh Dhaliwal from Academic Advisory Council, Mr. Jagjeet Singh from B. Ed. Federation, Mr. Charanjeet Singh Walia from Nursing Association, Mr. Anil Chopra from Confederation of Unaided Colleges, Mr. Nirmal Singh from ETT Federation, Mr. Jasnik Singh from B. Ed. Association (Punjab Uni.), Mr. S. S. Sandhu from B. Ed. Association (GNDU Uni.), Mr. S. S. Chattha from Punjab Degree College Association, Mr. Shimanshu Gupta from ITI Association, Mr. Rajinder Singh Dhanoa and Mr. Harsimran Singh Dhaliwal from Association of Polytechnic Colleges were present in the meeting.
