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The Telangana Board of Intermediate Education has imposed penalties ranging from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 10 lakh on more than 95 private junior colleges for violating norms. It has also withheld the affiliation of several colleges that failed to meet mandatory standards.

The Telangana BIE constitutes three task force teams to crack down on colleges functioning without affiliation

The youngster was identified as Arundhati (17), an intermediate second-year student of a private junior college in the city

Stating that an admissions notification and schedule for ensuing academic year 2025-26 was yet to be issued, TG BIE Secretary S Krishna Aditya instructed the colleges to strictly adhere to the admission schedule

Telangana Private Junior College Managements Association takes this decision in protest against TG BIE’s actions, including levying hefty fines

Family members, along with protestors, gather in large numbers on the college premises demanding action against the college management

The department is also focusing on formulating a new law to regulate fees and planning to come up with a new fee structure for the junior college before going in for admissions online.

In a statement, the Board said it received complaints highlighting unauthorized admission activities, pre-admissions and misleading testing procedures being conducted by certain private junior colleges.

Oppose running classes in unauthorized buildings without affiliation

All the principals of Government Junior Colleges in the State are instructed to continue the process of admissions by the online portal of the TS BIE

Students should enter their SSC hall ticket number for first year or previous hall ticket number for second year (regular and private) followed by date of birth to check their details

A proposal is being prepared by the Board of Intermediate Education which may be implemented from the academic year 2021-22