BRS urges CM to withdraw decision to attach polytechnic colleges to Skill Varsity

Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader B. Vinod Kumar urged Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy to reconsider the government's decision to attach polytechnic colleges to the recently established Skill University. Speaking to reporters on Monday, Kumar highlighted that students of these colleges had been protesting for the past ten days, demanding the withdrawal or revocation of Government Order 97, issued on August 16, which aims to bring technical education diploma colleges under the Skill University's jurisdiction.

The Skill University Act clearly stated its role would be to issue degrees and had no recognition from the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). Moreover, it was stated that the university would operate through a private-public partnership model, which the polytechnic students strongly opposed due to concerns about privatization.

Kumar emphasized that polytechnic colleges had been in existence since before India's independence and were strengthened by the Nehru government. He called for the creation of separate engineering colleges to admit polytechnic students directly into engineering courses through a competitive entrance exam (ECET).