Hyderabad, June 12th: The state government has decided to increase the tuition fees for polytechnic and diploma courses from this year. The orders to this effect were issued on Friday. “The decision was taken as per the recommendations of the committee constituted under the chairmanship of the secretary, State Board of Technical Education. The hike was necessitated to improve infrastructure facilities on colleges to provide quality education for students.” said Mr. Asutosh Mishra, principal secretary higher education.
The fee has been hiked in all the government, aided and private polytechnic colleges. While the fee for polytechnic courses in government and aided colleges has been increased from Rs 3,300 to Rs 3,800, it was hiked from Rs 12,500 to Rs 15,500 in private colleges. The fee for diploma in pharmacy courses in government and aided colleges has been raised from Rs 3,300 to Rs 3,800 and incase of private colleges it was hiked from Rs 15,000 to Rs 17,000. The decision on fee hike for other professional courses like engineering, MBA, MCA and B.Ed is expected on June 20.
Rajahmundry, June 12th: In order to keep a check on putting children below 14 years of age to work, the government has initiated a special drive and as a part of this it has booked 152 employers under the Child Labour Prohibition Act from January to May 2009 in East Godavari District. The labour de...
Srikakulam, June 12th: The RDT (Rapid Diagnostic Treatment) kits were supplied to 29 primary health centers in Srikakulam district by the National Institute for Communicable Diseases on Friday. In addition to this the kits were also supplied to four other districts which include Visakhapatnam, Vizi...
Hyderabad, June 12th: According to the medical and health officer (DMHO), Dr. Ch. Jayakumari, there was a huge shortage of blood in the blood banks due to lack of donars. Mrs Kumari said that even if the stock is available, as many as 39 out of 66 blood banks in the city have not renewed their lice...
Hyderabad, June 14th: Students who secured highest marks in the SSC examinations found their names missing in the merit list of Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) selections sent by the District Educational Officers (DEOs). The irregularities came into light when the parents of the a...
Hyderabad, June 14th: Three more swine flu cases were identified in the city on Sunday, taking the total number of cases to 12. Five of them are under treatment at the Andhra Pradesh Chest Hospital, while the others have been discharged. Out of the three cases confirmed on Sunday, two are sisters...
Kakinada, June 14th: East Godavari district joint collector, Mr. Kona Sasidhar stressed the need of creating awareness among the parents to educate them about the necessary precautions to be taken right from the birth of their young ones to avoid the disability. He observed that two to three percen...
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