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| Sunday, February 17, 2008
Court ruling on B.Ed. admissions
Universities cannot insist on 10+2+3 pattern
- Varsity did not produce any regulation
- Guidelines not placed before court
MADURAI: Universities cannot insist on 10+2+3 pattern of education
for gaining admission to Bachelor of Education (B. Ed.) course
unless there are specific regulations in the varsity statutes,
the Madras High Court has held.
A Division Bench comprising Justices A. Kulasekaran and P. Murgesen
passed the ruling while allowing a writ appeal filed by a student
who obtained a degree through open university system immediately
after completing 10th standard.
The appellant said that she was admitted to B. Ed. course offered
by a private college affiliated to Madurai Kamaraj University.
However, the university did not allow her to sit for the examinations
because she did not produce Plus Two mark certificates as required
under the guidelines issued by the Director of Collegiate Education.
A single judge, on August 10, dismissed her writ petition holding
that the universities were entitled to decide the qualifications
required for the courses offered in order to maintain high academic
standards.
However, he pulled up the private college for admitting the
petitioner and directed it to repay the course fees with interest.
Reversing the judgement, the Division Bench said that that the
single judge had not given valid reasons for dismissing the
writ petition. It also pointed out that the university did not
produce any regulation on the issue. Even the guidelines supposedly
issued by the Director of Collegiate Education were not placed
before the court.
“In any event, once a particular course has been introduced/offered
by the universities, it is for the authorities to prescribe
guidelines. No such guidelines/regulations have been formulated
by the second respondent (Madurai Kamaraj University) making
the candidates such as the appellant ineligible to pursue B.
Ed. course,” the Bench said.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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