Dehradun, August 12: Recognition to 21 private B.Ed colleges of Uttarakhand have been cancelled on charges of violation of norms during admissions.
National Council for Teachers Education (NCTE) took this decision after HNB Garhwal University at Srinagar, with which these private colleges were affiliated, conducted investigations into the alleged irregularities in admission process and informed the statutory body, official sources said.
Chairman of press and public relation cell of Garhwal University, Dr A R Dangwal, said the recognition to 21 private B.Ed colleges of the state have been cancelled at a meeting of north zone of NCTE in Jaipur.
Out of these, 11 colleges are situated in Dehradun, three in Haridwar, two each in Mussoorie and Roorkee and one each in Srinagar, Kotdwar and Vikasnagar.
As about 2500 students have been pursuing their B.Ed course from these colleges, this would be effective from the next academic session, according to NCTE.
Meanwhile according to reports the private institutions were raising the voice to hike the fee from Rs 60,000-70,000 to more than Rs one lakh annually of each student which was not acceptable to the state government.
However, the government promised with the managements of the institutions to review the issue at the later stage. There were at least 12 private Dental colleges in different parts of the state against the two government institutions functioning at Amritsar and Patiala.
Against the total strength of about 1,000 students major share goes in favour of private managed colleges.
–Agencies