Student's corner

Dear students, 

LAST WEEK WE ASKED: Do you think private universities and institutions should be brought under the Right to Information Act?

 

BEST RESPONSE 

 

Since private universities and institutes are not outside the shackles of society, they must be brought under the ambit of RTI Act which will only improve transparency. Also numerous issues regarding fake universities, recognition and quality of education can be sought out easily under RTI resulting in increased growth apart from support to common man. Thus, RTI will surely be useful in bridging the information gap between such institutes and admission seekers.

- Shivam Chhabra, Integral University, Lucknow.

 

OTHER RESPONSES

 

Many aspirants are unable to secure a seat in their dream institutions despite scoring well. This is because at times selections happen in a mysterious manner. Institutions have an obligation towards students and other stakeholders and should answer on reasons for admission or rejection of a particular candidate. For these reasons as well, private institutions must be under the RTI Act. 

- Mohit Shaw, ICSI, Kolkata.

 

Given the educational quality prevailing and the likeliness of the standards getting even worse with significant lot among the bunch of private institutions turning a blind eye to regulations and the minimum infrastructure to be maintained, we can only expect provisions like RTI could do the needful by exposing the reality prevailing in stark contrast to the standards claimed by private institutions. If RTI could expose irregularities in public entities, the private institutions remain no exception to the same.

- YVS Karthik, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER).

 

Right to Information is indeed a privilege offered to the common man. We have various organisations catering both to the public and private sectors realizing the virtue of the act without any issues so far. It would be a bliss for students who are seeking unbiased information about a particular private university. We come across a diverse row of issues pertaining from the private educational sector and students as well as parents are the worst kind of sufferers. It would be a welcome move to introduce the RTI in the direction reducing miseries and making the system much more transparent.

- Tanya Sehgal, School of Petroleum Management, PDPU.

 

Private universities and institutions should be brought under the Right to Information Act as crucial information regarding the use of funds, placement records etc. can be obtained through RTI. It will enable students to chose the right the institute for themselves by checking the institute's authentication and will also unmask the true identity universities which give provide false promises and show fake records to attract admissions.

- Jatin Kashyap, Post Graduate Government, Chandigarh.

 

Private institutions have control over the major chunk of education sector of India. Transparency thus accountability is required from the private institution. In recent time we have witnessed many cases of fraud or harassment or misrepresentation of information on the part of these university. By bringing them under RTI any one can have access to their records including fee etc. This will be a step in the right direction thus This will help students to take an informed decision.

- Nilaya Mitash Shanker, IIT Roorkee.

 

Your responses should reach us at edu@business-standard.com by Monday evening every week. Please ensure that your responses do not exceed 100 words. Avoid attachments and email your full name, institute's name, batch and complete mailing address. The student who gives the 'Best Response' will be awarded Rs 500.

 

THIS WEEK'S QUESTION:  Do you think more number of B-schools should join IPRS to bring in more transparency in placement process?