Following the suicidal death of a girl student of city-based engineering college NMIET after she was mentally tortured over collection of fees, a special committee of the Employment and Technical Education and Training (E & TET) department began its inquiry on Wednesday regarding infrastructure and fee structure of the private engineering colleges in the State.
The committee on its first day of its inquiry started from a private engineering college at Tangi in Cuttack district. It investigated the required infrastructure, library and laboratory facilities and fee structure fixed by the State Government. “We would write a letter to the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) to take action against the colleges which violate the rules of the Government,” said E & TET Secretary Dr CS Kumar.
Meanwhile, members of the Odisha Private Engineering Colleges Association (OPECA) said that they have applied to the State Government and the Fee Regulatory Committee to hike fees of the engineering courses in 98 colleges in the State. “If the State Government does not increase the fees, the colleges would charge the hiked fee suo moto,” the members said.