Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], January 30 (ANI): Karnataka Higher Education Minister Dr CN Ashwatha Narayana on Sunday instructed the officials to conduct special training for students about filing an application for professional courses.

Belagavi (Karnataka) [India], December 18 (ANI): The Supreme Court has allowed the admission of students for engineering, pharmacy, agriculture, and other courses till December 31, said Karnataka Higher Education Minister Dr CN Ashwatha Narayana on Friday.

Bengaluru Sep 29 PTI Karnataka Higher Education Minister C N Ashwath Narayan on Wednesday said engineering will be taught in Kannada in four colleges from the current year Teaching engineering in Kannada will begin in four colleges from the current year itself Bheemanna Khandre Institute of Technology Bhalki Civil BLDAE VP Dr P G Halakatti College of Engineering Vijayapura Civil SJC Institute of Technology Chikkaballapura Mechanical and Maharaja Institute of Technology Mysuru Mechanical will start to teach in Kannada he said National Board of Accreditation NBA accredited colleges have been permitted to teach engineering in Kannada he said adding that upto 30 students can be admitted The Minister also said a consensual agreement has been reached between the government and private colleges not to hike the fees of engineering courses in private colleges The fees for the engineering courses in private colleges for students who secure admission this year under government quota will continue as earlier in two different slabs of Rs 65340 and Rs 58806 he said While private colleges had pressed to increase the fee by 30 per cent the committee headed by Prof Karisiddappa Vice-Chancellor of Vishweshwaraiah Technological University VTU had recommended a hike of 15-25 per cent But in view of the COVID-19 situation representatives of private colleges were convinced not to go for a hike the Minister was quoted as saying by his office in a release This decision was taken at a meeting held with private college representatives at Vikasa Soudha here it said The other important decisions taken at the meeting include fixing a maximum cap of Rs 20000 each for fees collected in the form of miscellaneous fees and skill fees Also miscellaneous and skill fees along with admission fees should not be remitted at colleges but at the Karnataka Examination Authority KEA it said This decision has been taken as per the recommendations of a committee headed by Prof Karisiddappa the Minister said PTI KSU BN BN