TSBIE secretary allays parents’ concerns on unaffiliated colleges

Hyderabad: A day ahead of the reopening of the junior colleges on June 1, the issue of pending affiliations worries students and parents. The colleges yet to get affiliation from the Telangana State Board of Intermediate Education (TSBIE) are taking admissions without disclosing their affiliation status.

About 50 per cent out of nearly 3,000 and odd junior colleges in the state are run in the private sector, and the remaining are by the government and other managements. Only 60 per cent of the 1,400-odd private junior colleges have reportedly been inspected, and affiliations have been granted so far. In all, inspections and granting affiliations were pending in the case of 800 junior colleges in the state, a day ahead of the commencement with the reopening of the junior colleges in the state.

The TSBIE grants affiliation based on the inspection of the number of classrooms and other infrastructure like laboratories, basic amenities, etc. Besides, the teaching and non-teaching staff and other records related to the payment of salaries are also checked. The affiliation gives confidence for the students to be admitted into a recognised junior college.

Against this backdrop, parents fear that their wards would end up admitted to unaffiliated junior colleges by the TSBIE, which, in turn, poses problems for their future.

However, speaking to The Hans India, TSBIE Secretary Shruti Ojha allayed the fears of parents and students. She said, “So far, 2,500 junior colleges were granted affiliation. The granting of affiliation is an ongoing process as the institutions have to submit proper documents for it. Also, there are incidents of the institutions seeking shifting of location and address and the like.

It was against this backdrop that there was some delay. We are going to complete the affiliation process soon”.