HYDERABAD: Claiming that the intermediate board is acting against the interest of institutes, the Telangana Private Junior Colleges Managements Association (TPJMA) on Wednesday said they would not host their colleges as exam centres for the inter first-year examinees.
While there are 1,486 private inter colleges in the state, 1,078 have been identified as exam centres by the board.
The managements said that at least 80% of these colleges are running from rented premises and most managements have not paid rent and other bills for at least last eight to nine months.
“There is nothing we can do as owners of the building are not willing to give their premises for examinations,” said Satish G, president, TPJMA.
“It is the state that has failed to release scholarship amounts. They have to pay Rs 315 crore to us. The pandemic only made our financial woes worse as hardly any student paid fees during this period,” he said.
Satish said private college staff are unwilling to take up invigilator duties if their issues are not addressed.
The managements questioned the reason behind placing hall tickets on the website and allowing students for examinations without the principal’s signature. “Who will be held responsible if a candidate’s photo, second language, or other details are wrong? What if this leads to impersonation or malpractice during examinations,” questioned S Sravan Kumar, owner of a private intermediate college in the city.
Kumar said they are the ones admitting students, completing the syllabus despite hurdles. But, when it comes to hall tickets and marks memos, the board is directly allowing students to download them.
The members of TPJMA, who submitted representations to the district intermediate education officers (DIEO) and nodal officers in the state, also pointed out that their staff did not turn up for coordination meeting and at least 60% refused to take examination material.
