Mysuru: Forum of Former Vice-Chancellors of Karnataka State Universities (FVCK) has come forward to assist the Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) to resolve the issues facing lakhs of students regarding their degree certificates and marks cards. In a statement, the Vice-President of FVCK Prof. P. Venkataramaih has said that the KSOU had been offering higher…
Resolve KSOU row soon, AAP tells State and Centre
October 6, 2017Mysuru: Expressing concern over the future of lakhs of students who had taken courses from the Karnataka State Open University (KSOU), the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) district unit has urged both the State and Union Governments to find a solution to the problem immediately. “Aam Aadmi Party will stage a protest condemning the apathy of…
UGC recognition sought for KSOU
October 5, 2017Mysuru: Urging the Centre and the State Governments to take steps to get UGC recognition to Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) in city, members of Paduvarahalli Srigandha Yuvakara Sangha staged a protest in front of Gandhi bust opposite City Law Courts Complex here yesterday. Alleging that violation of rules by previous Vice-Chancellors had led to…
KSOU: Will PM constitute a special commission?
October 4, 2017Sir, KSOU has been in the news in recent days. On Sept. 28, Higher Education Minister announced the possible closing of KSOU. On Oct. 2, former Education Minister S.A. Ramdas assured the students of KSOU that he would not allow its closure. However, neither of them have announced how they would come to the help…
KSOU fate hangs in balance: Special Board of Management meets
October 3, 2017Mysuru: Amidst growing concern regarding the future of lakhs of students studying in the Karnataka State Open University (KSOU), following de-recognition of courses, the Special Board of Management (BoM), met here this morning and decided to upload the application online for 2018-19 on the University Grants Commission (UGC) website by this evening and file a…
Will not let closure of KSOU: Former Minister S.A. Ramdas
October 2, 2017Mysuru: Maintaining that Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) is one of the premier Universities offering Distance Education to thousands of students, former Minister S.A. Ramdas has asserted that he would not allow closure of the University for any reason. Addressing a press meet at Patrakarthara Bhavan here yesterday, Ramdas said that the KSOU must not…
KSOU closure: Is there an invisible role of private parties, Universities?
October 2, 2017Sir, 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…
Minister hints at closure of KSOU
September 28, 2017Bengaluru: With the University Grants Commission (UGC) refusing to renew the recognition of Mysuru-based Karnataka State Open University (KSOU), Higher Education Minister Basavaraj Rayareddy has hinted at closure of the Open University. Addressing a press meet at his chamber in Vidhana Soudha here this morning, Rayareddy said that in the absence of recognition, it had…
KSOU recognition still a mirage: Additional Chief Secretary Ratna Prabha tweets about delay
September 11, 2017Mysuru: There are conflicting signals for the much-harried students of Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) even as Chief Minister Siddharamaiah blamed the previous Vice-Chancellors (VCs) for the mess and Additional Chief Secretary Ratna Prabha tweeted yesterday that the recognition to the Open University would be delayed and there was every possibility of it not getting…
Consumer Court asks KSOU to pay Rs. 2 lakh to student
September 7, 2017Mysuru: A former student of Karnataka State Open University (KSOU), Mysuru, has sued the University in a city Consumer Court for issuing an unrecognised degree. The Court has now directed the University to pay Rs. 2 lakh as compensation to the student. R. Roopasree, a resident of Nanjangud, filed a case against KSOU at the…
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