Mysuru: The woes of Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) never seem to end. Even as it is reeling under the de-recognition and fake marks card scandal, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has administered one more shock. It has brought about an amendment to the 2007 University Guidelines which was passed by UGC Secretary Rakesh Shukla….
Mysore: The anticipatory bail application of the chief of an education institution who is allegedly involved in the KSOU fake marks card racket has been rejected by the Court. Basavaraj Mane, the head of an educational institution in Belagavi had filed an anticipatory bail application in the Third Additional District and Sessions Court. However, Judge…
Mysuru: The Third JMFC Court yesterday granted bail to four accused in the KSOU fake marks card scam. Yashaswini, a resident of Gokulam, Prajwal, a resident of Gokulam and KSOU temporary employee who was sacked following the unearthing of scam, Kanti Sagar of Kolar and Krish alias Krishnamurthy of Chikkamagalur are the ones who have…
Mysuru: Intensifying the probe into the KSOU fake marks card scam, the Jayalakshmipuram Police have arrested two more persons. The arrested have been identified as Pandu Rathod, a PU College Principal at Kalaburagi and Avinash of Hole Alur in Dharwad District. The two were picked up from differented places a couple of days ago and…
Mysuru: Former Vice-Chancellor of Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) and University of Mysore, Prof. K.S. Rangappa said, “I am deeply pained by the plight of lakhs of students of KSOU who are in doldrums today. I have said this many times in the past and I am saying it again. I am ready to face…
Mysuru: The fake marks card racket at KSOU is acquiring gargantuan proportions with each passing day. After KSOU Co-ordinator in Hubballi Manjunath Kulkarni and Health Department official Mallanna were arrested on Saturday last, KSOU Assistant Registrar (Evaluation) Siddaraju was suspended. And, added to this, an order has been passed to dismiss temporary employee Shivanna. As…
Mysuru: The Jayalakshmipuram Police have arrested two more persons in the Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) fake marks card racket case. One is KSOU Co-ordinator in Hubballi Manjunath Kulkarni and the other is the Health Department official Mallanna, who is said to have got the job by giving fake marks card. Inspector Ravindra arrested both…
Mysuru: The report of Justice K. Bhakthavatsala shows that students who were admitted to MPhil, PhD, BE, BTech, MTech, Diploma in Engineering and other technical professional programmes of the Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) are facing severe problems since the degrees are not recognised. Despite warnings from the Distance Education Council way back in 2011,…
Mysuru: KSOU has constituted a 12-member teachers’ committee to look into admission, marks card printing, valuation, coding and decoding, custodians of confidential papers and convocation. In an agreement with a Mumbai-based company IEM the work was entrusted to them in 2013. However, nearly 60,000 to 70,000 marks cards printed by them has been cancelled as…
Mysuru: Even as the KSOU fake marks card racket is making news, the aggrieved students of the same institution are up in arms threatening to launch an agitation if the recognition to the University is not restored immediately. It may be recalled that the recognition to the KSOU had been withdrawn since the last four…
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