KERAL HIGHCOURT ASKED TO SHUT DOWN ENGIONEERING COLLEGES IN THE STATE WITH LESS PASS PERCENTAGE

KERALA HIGHCOURT ASKED TO SHUT DOWN ENGIONEERING COLLEGES IN THE STATE WITH LESS PASS PERCENTAGE

In a significant directive, the Kerala High Court has Thursday,28^th June,2012, asked to shut down self-financing engineering colleges in the state with less pass percentage. The students of these institutions should be transferred to other colleges, the court ruled, adding that the standard of higher education in the state has deteriorated immensely.Engineering colleges with pass percentage less than 40 face shut down following the court's ruling. The observation comes after a study of academic results in various self-financing colleges during the period 2008-2011.The court has also asked universities to publish on the websites the results of various colleges during the past three years.

Prof. John Kurakar