Principals of 102 private colleges in Himachal not eligible

Bhanu P Lohumi

Tribune News Service

Shimla, April 1

The principals of 102 private colleges in Himachal are ineligible for their post and the delay in constituting a committee for the recruitment of principals by the affiliating universities has resulted in the disqualification of 25 per cent principals.

“It has been brought to our notice that 25 colleges have written to their affiliating universities to form a panel for the recruitment of principals and the delay on the part of the universities has resulted in the disqualification of the principals,” said Major Gen Atul Kaushik (retd), Chairman of the HPPIERC.

He said that an institution wrote 18 letters requesting its affiliating university to constitute a panel for the recruitment of the principal but the needful was not done. He added that the principals of 102 of total 109 private colleges, whose details had been received, were either not qualified for the post or the selection procedure was not followed in their recruitment.

Major Gen Kaushik (retd) said that 30 principals were working in the officiating capacity and the commission was contemplating legal action against the erring institutions, besides imposing a penalty on them. “About 70 per cent of the private institutions in the state are indulging in corrupt practices and malpractices,” he added.

He added information from over 100 private colleges was still awaited and their managements would be summoned if the details were not submitted by April 15.

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