State shuts door on new BA, BSc, BCom colleges

The state government has said it will not give permission to start new colleges that offer traditional “run-of-the-mill” programmes like arts, science and commerce (BA, BSc and BCom)

- Hemali Chhapia.

Mumbai:  

The decision was taken on the recommendations of former Pune University VC Narendra Jadhav who said there was an “over-saturation” of conventional colleges and “severe” student vacancies in many institutes, including those offering law, BEd or BPEd.

Mumbai: