This story is from February 2, 2006

Conversion of B.Ed. seats to be scrapped

The council has contended that minority colleges are making a fast buck by misusing the provision.
Conversion of B.Ed. seats to be scrapped
HYDERABAD: The AP State Council of Higher Education has asked the education department to stop conversion of B.Ed. seats from one stream to another in minority colleges.
The council has contended that minority colleges are making a fast buck by misusing the provision. The facility was aimed at providing an opportunity to minority B.Ed. colleges to transfer seats from less-demand stream to popular streams in case there are no takers for the earlier.
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For example, if the seats in the methodology of physical science remained vacant, they could be converted into biological science or social science.
About 70 minority B.Ed. colleges have been enjoying this provision for the past couple of years by availing permission from the education department.
However, there are instances of colleges continuing with the practice even without council's permission. They are said to be denying entry to deserving candidates while taking up the exercise, and by the way, earn crores of rupees.
For example, candidates seeking admission to methodology of mathematics or physical science fail to get seats as the colleges would have converted them into sociology or biology.
Since the demand for biology and sociology is more the colleges are able to fetch double income, a source said. "If the income of all such colleges is taken into account, it will run into several crores.
Earlier, when the council refused to permit the candidates who took admission in the converted streams, the colleges committed before the council that they would not repeat the practice.
But they are still continuing with it," said a council official. However, this time the council has decided to stop the practice so that the deserving candidates do not lose their seats in the streams they prefer to study, the official said.
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