Ahmedabad, 15 May 2012

Gujarat Governor has returned the Gujarat Professional Technical Educational Colleges or Institutions (Regulation of Admission and Fixation of Fees) (Amendment) Bill passed by the Gujarat assembly in last budget session for reconsideration.

The bill was passed with an intention to open the doors of professional institutes of Gujarat for students from other states. As the number of approved seats in professional courses in the state has increased significantly in last 10 years, but many seats have remained vacant in some disciplines, the govt came with the bill to fill the vacant seats by allowing students from other states.

As per the bill, students from other states were to be declared eligible for admission to supernumerary seats of professional courses in government, in aided and unaided colleges and institutions. States, including Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, have been allowing students from other states since long. So far, students from Gujarat were going to other states to pursue higher education, but government brought this bill to reverse the trend by opening our institutes for students from other states.

Students from other states were to be admitted subject to limits set from time to time as per the bill. However, colleges and institutions, which have achieved the level of Centre of Excellence were exempted from the bill. The bill said that the government might direct to conduct separate common entrance test and to prepare separate merit list for such students.

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