Madras high court makes it easy to pick college, TNEA 2014 update
Making the task of choosing an engineering college for admission easier this season, the Madras high court has asked Anna University to publish the pass percentage of every college affiliated to it and a list of colleges with identical names. They should be published on www.annauniv.edu/tnea2014, it said. This would also help call the bluff of private engineering colleges that make false claims about their academic standards.
Pass percentage and a college’s past academic performance could help engineering aspirants and their parents make an informed choice of colleges, uninfluenced by advertisements of under-performing colleges that make tall claims. Publication of the list of colleges bearing similar-sounding names, along with their counselling code, too would help students distinguish between genuine institutions and their namesakes.
In a 33-page order on Wednesday, the first bench comprising acting Chief Justice Satish K Agnihotri and Justice M Sathyanarayanan said details pertaining to pass percentage, department-wise academic performance and similar-sounding college names along with their code numbers should be published in Anna University’s official website within two weeks, “on or before the start of counselling process,” whichever is earlier.
