The Hindu : BCI fiat to law colleges

Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Thursday, Jun 27, 2002

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Southern States - Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad

BCI fiat to law colleges

AFTER STREAMLINING the mushrooming of law colleges, the Bar Council Of India (BCI) has come out with a directive to set in order their functioning.

As per the new directive, the existing law colleges should acquire a registration certificate every year before admissions are made. The certificate would be issued based on the infrastructure and quality of teaching clearly outlining the courses it has to offer. Students can insist on checking the registration certificate before joining.

Till now, some colleges were going ahead with academics based on their affiliation to the university concerned. However, they now have to acquire both the affiliation as well as the certificate from the BCI if the LAWCET convenor has to allot students.

The BCI also made it clear that students better verify bonafides of the colleges before taking admissions. Few colleges in the City have already acquired the certificate, according to officials.

Special issue

of CIEFL bulletin

The Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages (CIEFL) released the special double issue of CIEFL Bulletin, which carries 26 essays by internationally renowned scholars and teachers on T. S. Eliot's famous poem The Waste Land.

The University of Hyderabad Vice-Chancellor, P. Rama Rao, released the issue. K. V. Tirumalesh, Dean of Studies in English spoke on the centrality of The Waste Land in the study of modern English poetry. Teachers of English from various universities attended.

OU's distinction

Osmania University bagged the prestigious Indira Gandhi National Service award for the year 2001-2002, awarded to universities, which promote and excel in National Students Service (NSS) activities.

The NSS Coordinator of the university, Ramakrishna, would collect a cash award of Rs. 1 lakh, memento and a certificate at a function to be held soon. The Indira Gandhi National Service award is given every year to one university, six programme officers and 16 NSS volunteers.

OU has 270 NSS units in its affiliated colleges with 27,000 volunteers. The NSS volunteers were involved in teaching more than 1.5 lakh illiterates in villages.

B.Arch entrance toppers

Students belonging to the corporate colleges yet again bagged good ranks, this time in the B.Arch entrance test. The first rank went to Madhumita of Narayana Junior College while T.V. Kalyan of Sri Chaitanya Educational institution stood second.

Seminar

A seminar on `Terrorism and its threat to nation' was organised by the Political Science and Public Administration departments of Railway Degree College. Speakers at the seminar criticised the role of Pakistan in aiding terrorism in the name of `freedom struggle'.

P. S. V. Prasad, Director, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy and social scientist, F. D. Vakil, spoke.

R. RAVIKANTH REDDY

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