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The Hindu
27-05-2025
- General
- The Hindu
Applications for arts and science colleges to be open till May 30
The Higher Education Department has extended the deadline to apply for arts and science colleges from May 27 to May 30. The Directorate of Collegiate Education will conduct online single-window counselling for 176 colleges under its purview. Higher Education Minister Govi Chezhiaan announced on Tuesday that the extension was based on a request from aspirants. So far, 2,25,705 applicants have registered, and 1,84,762 candidates, including 1,08,619 girls, 76,065 boys, and 78 third gender students, have registered through the online portal ( The merit list for special category students will be released on May 29, and the one for general category students will be out on May 30. The list will be displayed on notice boards at all 176 arts and science colleges. The lists will also be available on the websites of the colleges. Further, candidates will be informed through email and SMS by the respective colleges. Counselling next month Counselling for special category candidates will be held on June 2 and 3. For the general category, counselling will commence on June 4 and end on June 14. Classes for all students will commence on June 30, Mr. Govi Chezhiaan said.
Time of India
11-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Govt Arts College in Coimbatore adds 294 seats across eight streams
Coimbatore: The Govt Arts College in the city has added 294 seats across eight undergraduate programmes with the Directorate of Collegiate Education approving a second shift in political science, public administration, business administration, statistics, commerce with computer applications, commerce with international business, geology and information technology eight courses would now be offered in the second shift, which starts at 1.45pm and ends at 6.15pm, as well from this academic year. The college already offers seven courses in its second the additional seats, commerce with international business is allotted 24, statistics 30 and the remaining courses 40 seats principal M R Yezhili said the proposal to introduce the second shift was submitted to the Directorate of Collegiate Education owing to the high demand and increased number of applications for these courses during the admissions last year. She said the Directorate of Collegiate Education had now approved the college offers 23 undergraduate programmes in two shifts, with the total intake of first-year students this academic year reaching 1,727, the principal the Govt Arts and Science College for Women at Puliyakulam would introduce a second shift with three courses. College principal T Veeramani said the Directorate of Collegiate Education had approved the introduction of undergraduate courses in commerce, computer science and economics in the second shift for this academic year. "The intake across these three programmes has increased by 170 seats."The college, which previously offered five courses, has now introduced economics as the sixth course. Get the latest lifestyle updates on Times of India, along with Mother's Day wishes , messages , and quotes !
The Hindu
08-05-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
Given invigilator assignment in May without salary, say guest lecturers
The assignment of exam invigilator duty to guest lecturers in May when they do not get any salary has raised concern among educators. Guest lecturers said the exam cells of some government colleges were pressuring them to do invigilator duty. 'I was assigned four days of exam duty in April, of which I have completed three, and deputed the last one to another guest lecturer staying closer to the campus. We are paid ₹150 per exam day, but I have to spend at least ₹110 on the commute to the college in Aravakurichi from my home in Paramathi Velur. The college exam cell staff have said that any person I depute would be taken on for additional duties and I would still have to carry out the invigilation duty myself,' a Tamil guest lecturer, requesting anonymity, told The Hindu. A guest lecturer working in a government college in Lalgudi said he had been assigned five days of exam duty, and would have to attend despite the paltry pay. 'Private colleges in Tiruchi offer invigilators ₹250 per exam. There are at least 200 guest lecturers in Tiruchi district's government colleges who face this precarious situation every year,' he said. Some colleges were enlisting the services of guest lecturers to help out with the admissions process in May, added the lecturer. 'Besides taking care of administrative work, we are expected to canvass for new students. This is unfair because the same job could be done by regular staff, who are paid their full emoluments,' he said. Guest lecturers receive a monthly salary of ₹25,000 for 11 months. The pay cheque for the exam invigilation is issued several months after May. In an official release, V. Thangaraj, president, All Government UGC Qualified Guest Lecturers Association, said: 'Exams are conducted in at least 75% of the government colleges in Tamil Nadu every year. However, it is regrettable that guest lecturers, who receive salary only for 11 months, are forced to work as invigilators in May every year by the Directorate of Collegiate Education, even though they are not paid a regular salary. We urge the authorities to rectify this situation.'
The Hindu
29-04-2025
- Business
- The Hindu
CAG audit finds colleges overcharging students
An audit of records of the regional joint directorates of collegiate education by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has found that aided and self-financing colleges in Tamil Nadu have overcharged students for applications, undergraduate or postgraduate programmes. The Directorate of Collegiate Education issues annual guidelines that colleges can charge ₹48 as application fee for UG courses and ₹58 for PG courses. Colleges may charge a registration fee of ₹2 from each applicant. The application fee is waived for SC/ST students. The CAG report for the year ended March 2023, tabled in the Assembly on Tuesday, said a scrutiny of records of data from 95 aided and self-financing colleges functioning under the eight regional offices of the Directorate of Collegiate Education for the period 2021-24, found that 72 colleges had collected more fee, ranging from ₹50 to ₹545, from 1,29,579 applicants, other than SC/ST category. It resulted in an excess collection of ₹1.34 crore. As many as 16 colleges collected ₹1.28 crore as application processing fee from 82,389 applicants. The audit found that the overall excess collection amounted to ₹3.14 crore in July 2022. On why action was not initiated, the government replied that as per the T.N. Private College Regulations Act it had no powers to control the self-financing colleges. The CAG pointed out that Section 28 of the Act empowered the government to ensure that 'charge or payment specified by the competent authority (means authority, officer or person empowered by government) is collected.' The CAG maintained that all the colleges are bound to follow the government order. The government responded that as the students of 2019-20 to 2021-22 would have left the college after completing the UG course, refunding the fee would be difficult. The CAG recommended that strict instructions be issued to colleges to collect only the prescribed fees and take steps to direct the colleges to refund the excess fees collected. Unused buildings The CAG found that a government polytechnic college in Ambalakaranpettai Melur in Madurai district under the Directorate of Technical Education (DoTE) had built the principal's quarters and a guest house, but not a compound wall for the institution. The college built an auditorium worth ₹60.93 lakh but barely used it. A guest house, principal's quarters, and sports club/gym built at a cost of over ₹1.18 crore remained unused for over six years. Only 13% of work on the compound wall that would ensure the safety of the institution has been completed. The college has not taken up work on internal water supply, two-wheeler parking and arch, costing ₹2.01 crore that would benefit the students. To CAG's enquiries, the DoTE said the principal's quarters and guest house were essential considering the distance of the college from Melur Taluk and Madurai. But the CAG said as per AICTE norms the buildings are termed 'desirable' and not 'essential'. Besides, the DoTE had not justified the need for a gym, when the college served only day scholars who commuted from Melur. The principal said the compound wall was not completed as the cost of the project was revised and funds had not been allotted. Also, lack of habitation in the vicinity and inability to find snacks for guests resulted in non-use of the guest house and the principal's quarters, the audit was told. The government said the principal's quarters were occupied and the gym had been converted into a laboratory. The construction of compound wall had been initiated. The CAG recommended that the DoTE should standardise norms for construction of buildings for government polytechnics, seek detailed justifications for buildings from user organisations instead of relying on justifications from the public works department. It urged the government to take steps to use the idle buildings.
The Hindu
26-04-2025
- General
- The Hindu
Higher education council holds training for government college faculty
The Tamil Nadu State Council for Higher Education (TANSCHE) in collaboration with the Directorate of Collegiate Education, organised the third phase of its Outcome-Based Education (OBE) training programme for faculty members of government arts and science colleges in the Tiruchi region on the Khajamalai campus of Bharathidasan University on Saturday. According to an official release, the programme was inaugurated by District Collector M. Pradeep Kumar. M.P. Vijayakumar, vice-chairperson, TANSCHE, and P. Ponmuthuramalingam, Regional Joint Director of the Directorate of Collegiate Education, were present. Kanmani Buddhi, professor, BMS College of Engineering, Bengaluru, in her keynote address, shared insights into designing curriculum, instructional strategies, and assessment practices that align with learning outcomes. Around 110 faculty members from various government colleges in the Tiruchi region participated in the training programme. OBE is a learner-focused approach that emphasises the achievement of specific, measurable outcomes by the end of a course or programme. It promotes active learning, critical thinking, and real-world preparedness among students, with a strong emphasis on continuous improvement through regular evaluation and feedback, said the release.
