Srinagar: Coaching Centres Association (CCA) of Kashmir has warned of another scam emerging out of the ill-flawed Prime Ministers Special Scholarship Scheme (PMSSS) as union Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD) has failed to streamline the admission process and some self styled consultants have started duping the gullible students.
According to a statement, the association criticized both Union and State government for failing to address the grave issue. This years admission process in almost closed for all the good institutions and still All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has not started the counseling process, said G N Var chairman CCA. Now only some third rate colleges are left and it is where Kashmiri students are being forced to go.
The association came down heavily on the state government for its failure to curb the activities of some self-styled consultants and certain Non Government organizations (NGO) who are in the process of duping students. This year again these consultants and NGO heads, in the name of students, applied for the scholarship and retained their username and password, said Var. Now these touts are approaching the students and forcing them to take admission in low grade colleges taking advantage of the fact that AICTE has not started counseling process.
The association said that if some steps are not taken urgently, thousands of careers would be jeopardized again this year. We have around 1000 students from previous years whose scholarship is yet to be released as these touts admitted them in some third grade colleges. They had to sell their lands to cover the fee and same thing is being repeated this year, said Var. The state crime branch had registered a case against these consultants and even CM had promised action against them but till date nobody has been brought to book.
The association asked the state government to lobby with MHRD to streamline the process. First make them transfer scholarship money to students account and not in the account of college who have no accountability, said Var. Secondly state government should open a full-fledged PMSSS office in Srinagar to facilitate the students as today students dont know whom to approach and thus easily befooled by the touts.
The association also warned students not to undertake admission through consultants for PMSSS as there is no role of consultants in this scheme.
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