Andhra govt quota to reserve 35% seats in all private universities: Report

NEW DELHI: The government of Andhra Pradesh has decided to reserve 35% of seats in all private universities in the state. The 35% of all seats in the private universities will be assigned to the candidates by the state government on the basis of state level common entrance test. The government has also decided to fix the fees collected by the private universities, reported India Today .

The decision of the Andhra government aims to ensure that affordable education reaches all the students irrespective of their financial background. The reservation in private universities will be provided under the 'convenor' quota. Under this reservation policy of the state, universities will not have the right to collect more fees from the students or allocate the seats that have been reserved under the quota.

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According to the report in India Today , the reservation of seats will not be applicable when it comes to deemed universities, as the regulatory body is the UGC, this policy doesn't apply. The government has already written to the UGC, to permit the state government to allow the reservation keeping in mind the larger good. The state is waiting for a response from the UGC in the matter. The state government will also be paying the fees of the students who qualify for reimbursement under Jagananna Vidya Deevena' scheme of the government.

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"The vision of our CM is to make quality and affordable education available to every single student in AP. For a long time now, a lot of students hailing from poor or middle-class families were either overburdened or had to forego their seats in private universities due to the exorbitant fees collected by the authorities,” said chairman of Andhra Pradesh State Council of Higher Education (APSCHE), Hemachandra Reddy to India Today.