MUMBAI: Conventional arts, science and commerce colleges are still the favourite as the University of Mumbai has received proposals to set up 23 such institutes.
Another 19 managements have evinced interest in starting commerce-only colleges. Many of the fresh proposals that were cleared by the management council on Friday, included night colleges, a few institutes for only girls and two community collegesThe management council passed 50%-60% of the 89 new college proposals in the meeting, which went on till late Friday evening," said a council member. "We passed proposals for eight to 10 night colleges and all-girls' colleges. A few of the established colleges have sought permission to start night sessions to utilise their infrastructure to its full capacity," said Sanjay Shete, a council member.
A college in Dadra and Nagar Haveli has also sought affiliation from the University of Mumbai as there is no varsity there. The management council cleared the deck for this college too, added Shete.
But a senior university official claimed that several proposals for night and all-girls' colleges could be a hoax.
"As per the perspective plan, there would no need to set up a new college in a given area. The college managements could have probably seen this as a loophole; they might seek permission for a night college and later convert it into a regular college. Therefore, it has been suggested that all these colleges should be given a permanent affiliation for running night and all-girls' colleges," added the university official.
Also, several proposals were rejected as the colleges failed to fulfill the criteria needed for starting an educational institute.
"While a few of the colleges did not have a land of their own, others did not release advertisements for principals' vacancies. Some of the proposals went against the perspective plan. There was no point in giving permission to these colleges," said another council member.
"The university did not link the requirement of colleges to its perspective plan. Colleges are growing in number, but there is no check on their quality. Moreover, the management council was not provided a copy of the report submitted by the scrutiny committee which visited the colleges," pointed out management council member Dilip Karande.
At present, there are 687 colleges affiliated to the University of Mumbai.
"Both the university staff and services are woefully short of servicing these colleges. It is time that the university starts paying attention to quality, not just focus on expansion," said the principal of a science colleg
Another 19 managements have evinced interest in starting commerce-only colleges. Many of the fresh proposals that were cleared by the management council on Friday, included night colleges, a few institutes for only girls and two community collegesThe management council passed 50%-60% of the 89 new college proposals in the meeting, which went on till late Friday evening," said a council member. "We passed proposals for eight to 10 night colleges and all-girls' colleges. A few of the established colleges have sought permission to start night sessions to utilise their infrastructure to its full capacity," said Sanjay Shete, a council member.
A college in Dadra and Nagar Haveli has also sought affiliation from the University of Mumbai as there is no varsity there. The management council cleared the deck for this college too, added Shete.
But a senior university official claimed that several proposals for night and all-girls' colleges could be a hoax.
"As per the perspective plan, there would no need to set up a new college in a given area. The college managements could have probably seen this as a loophole; they might seek permission for a night college and later convert it into a regular college. Therefore, it has been suggested that all these colleges should be given a permanent affiliation for running night and all-girls' colleges," added the university official.
Also, several proposals were rejected as the colleges failed to fulfill the criteria needed for starting an educational institute.
"While a few of the colleges did not have a land of their own, others did not release advertisements for principals' vacancies. Some of the proposals went against the perspective plan. There was no point in giving permission to these colleges," said another council member.
"The university did not link the requirement of colleges to its perspective plan. Colleges are growing in number, but there is no check on their quality. Moreover, the management council was not provided a copy of the report submitted by the scrutiny committee which visited the colleges," pointed out management council member Dilip Karande.
At present, there are 687 colleges affiliated to the University of Mumbai.
"Both the university staff and services are woefully short of servicing these colleges. It is time that the university starts paying attention to quality, not just focus on expansion," said the principal of a science colleg
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