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We’d have to take an auto for Rs 300 from the nearest point. On Aug 26, she found no college at the location. “The last date for candidates allotted seats in the second round to report to college is Aug 31.
Therefore, it is requested to immediately issue appropriate directions to the college concerned in this regard,” KEA stated in its letters. Similar cases have been reported in engineering.
They said the pharma college was 40km away. We were so worried, we travelled to the KEA (Karnataka Examinations Authority) office in Malleswaram to seek help,” Gita said. They told me the college closed down two years ago. They said the fault was Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS). When we contacted RGUHS, they said it was KEA’s fault. “A college that said its campus was in BEL Circle is actually in Peenya. Several students have come to us with complaints,” said a KEA official. The authority said it is helpless as the list of colleges comes from the respective departments. We receive the final list from the higher education and medical education departments and publish it as is,” said H Prasanna, executive director of KEA.
Bengaluru: When her son secured a physiotherapy seat at a college in Mangaluru, Gita, a homemaker from Udupi, was overjoyed. After the second round of counselling, she took him for admission, only to discover the college did not exist at the listed location. “There was a nursing college there. It was a rural area and there were no bus services. Neha, a Bengaluru student allotted a college on Richmond Road in the second round, went to submit her documents, pay fees and join immediately. “There was a hospital at that location. We went to KEA. “It is up to the respective universities and departments to send their local inspection committees and give approval for these colleges. “Several such cases have come to our notice. We’ll now give a chance for these students to apply to another college,” he added. KEA is sending notices to the higher and medical education departments regarding the changes. The change of college address without obtaining govt permission has caused confusion among candidates.