College union seeks deferment of centralised admission portal

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, May 17

A deputation of the Non-Government Colleges’ Managements Federation of Punjab and Chandigarh met Cabinet Minister Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa today seeking deferment of the decision to make a common portal of three universities.

“A memorandum was submitted by the delegation for deferment of the decision taken by the Department of High Education, Punjab, to make a common portal of three universities of Punjab for centralised admission in degree colleges affiliated to Panjab University, Chandigarh; Punjabi University, Patiala; and Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar,” said Rajindermohan Singh Chhina, senior vice-president of the association.

“We strongly condemn the decision of online centralised admission by calling it impractical and unrealistic and stated that it will affect all higher education institutions of Punjab, which are already suffering owing to the pandemic,” he added.

The members said owing to the pandemic crisis, more students were getting attracted to universities abroad and the strength of the colleges was decreasing with each passing day.

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