KOCHI: Anomalies in the admission procedures in self-financing engineering colleges in 2011-12 have surfaced again, with two more ineligible students being given transfer certificates by their respective colleges, taking the total number of ineligible admissions to six.The six students are from Ilahia School of Science and Technology, Muvattupuzha, MES College of Engineering and Technology, Kunnukara, and Shahul Hameed Memorial Engineering College, Pullippara, Kadakkal, Kollam. They were removed from the colleges at the behest of the Admissions Supervisory Committee chaired by Justice P A Mohammed, which asked the management and students to submit their marklists for verification. Based on this, the committee has rejected the complaints against them.It has also rejected the complaints against Younus Institute of Technology, Kollam, Mar Baselios Institute of Technology and Science, Kothamangalam, UKF College of Engineering, Paripally, Gandhi Institute of Engineering College, Kothamangalam, S N Mangalam Institute Maliankara, Ernakulam, and Sri Chitra Engineering College, Thiruvananthapuram, after scrutinising the marks and finding that the complaints were baseless.The committee has also warned the managements, principals and students of self-financing engineering colleges to be more careful and serious about admission procedures.But all these do not justify the injustice done to the eligible candidates. “It is unfortunate that the committee has not probed the issue in-depth, citing lack of power. This is a criminal conspiracy. The universities’ lackadaisical attitude is evident from the fact that they have not gone by the prospectus which states that documents of all students should be verified within 10 days of completion of admission procedures,” said the coordinator of CBSE/ICSE Parents Forum Dr N K Sanil Kumar who lodged the complaints.“This is a grave failure on the part of the principals. The two students have secured a stay but the committee has not considered it,” said general secretary, Kerala Self-Financing Engineering College Managements Association, T A Vijayan.“The principals and managements are to be blamed. Anyway this would have come to light at the time of examinations. Parents and students must be made aware of this,” said Prof S Anirudhan, member, Admissions Supervisory Committee.“Principals have neglected their duty. This episode has created more awareness and admission procedures will be made more stringent next time,” said Principal Secretary, Higher Education Department, K M Abraham.
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