Bangalore: Karnataka government on May 7 said it would issue a final notification on May 15 on sharing of seats and fee structure for professional courses even as the stalemate over these contentious issues with private college managements remained to be sorted out.

The private college managements have filed their objections to the government order on seat sharing formula and fee structure and the deadline set for filing objections ends on May 10, Karnataka Minister for Higher Education Dr G Parameshwara told reporters in Bangalore.

He said the government would scrutinise the objections and issue a final notification on May 15.

As the private college managements opposed government intervention on admission of students through CET (Common Entrance Test) and demanded higher fee structure, the government last month came out with an order stipulating that 75 per cent of the total intake in all private college shall be filled by students selected by CET and also announced a new fee structure ranging from Rs 16,500 to Rs 1.2 lakh.

When the private college managements dared the government that they would go ahead with their own admissions to be done through a single window agency, the government retaliated declaring that any admission outside the CET purview would not be regularised by respective universities.

Parameshwara said preparations were underway for conducting CET exam on May 30 and 31 for selection of students for the courses, including medical and engineering.

PTI