Metro India News | Hyderabad 

The State government is planning for a new fee structure in the engineering colleges in Telangana. The fee structure will be finalised by examining every aspect of the engineering colleges, including the teaching staff, teaching standards, lab facilities, buildings, and other infrastructure facilities accordingly.

In view of growing demand for the courses like Artificial Intelligence (AI) which also have a strong impact on the technology sector, Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy wants the engineering colleges in the Telangana state  to compete with world-class standards. 

For this, the government is planning to create a new system so that colleges can move forward in a planned manner in consultation with the government to meet the changing market needs. In this process, engineering colleges across the state are expected to have better facilities, teaching staff, labs, etc. in line with AICTE guidelines and the government will consider these parameters for determining the fee structure.

The Supreme Court has directed in the cases of Islamic Academy of Education vs. Karnataka and PA Inamdar and Others vs. Maharashtra that  the facilities, labs, salaries paid to lecturers, teaching and non-teaching staff, future plans of the college and decisions taken to increase the standards of the college should be taken into consideration in the finalising the fee. The State government has decided to take the Supreme Court judgments into account in the determining the fees.

The previous government conducted inspection by the Vigilance and Enforcement department on facilities, teaching staff and other issue in engineering colleges. The department conducted field inspections and prepared a report. But the previous government did not take any action on the report. Instead, the last government gave freedom to some colleges to increase fee and showed a biased attitude towards some other colleges.

  In this context, the State government has decided to appoint a Committee to evaluate the quality of education provided in engineering colleges and take a decision on fees, along with examining the report. At the same time, the State government has decided to complete the counselling process for admissions in engineering colleges within the stipulated time.