Sir,
The Higher Education Minister has stated on Thursday (Sept. 28) that the State government was considering closure of KSOU more than four years after cancellation of its recognition by UGC.
Every private University in the country thrives. The State and the Centre being governed by different political parties seems to have come in the way of a sound rationale and a fair judgement in this aspect.
This statement by the (so-called) Higher Education Minister is highly insensitive to the agony faced by the public at large and KSOU students — present and prospective — in particular.
The State seems to be in a rush to consider KSOU closure perhaps with a hidden intent to take over the extremely valuable real estate. To what use will the taken over estate be put to, is a matter of anybody’s speculation. What about the valuable manpower at various levels in the University?
If this closure is eventually brought about, the State will have lost a valuable option in higher education. Rather than investigating the administrative failure in running the University, by appointing a High Court Judge with an expectation to speedily report the outcome (maybe in 3 to 4 months), the Minister has taken a political shortcut in issuing this ill-thought out statement.
Who will compensate the students for their sufferings and the State for the loss of a University? What will come of the guest lecturers and their families who are perhaps looking at regularisation of their services? What signal does the Government intend to send to the common public looking for access to quality, economical higher education? Is there an invisible role of private parties / Universities in all this?
– G. T. Sampathkumarachar, a concerned Senior Citizen, Thonachikoppal, 30.9.2017
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This post was published on October 2, 2017 6:40 pm