The suspense over suspension of Eamcet counselling for engineering candidates grew on Friday as Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy appointed a nine-member expert panel to study the implementation of fee reimbursement scheme and new fee structures.
The appointment of a fresh committee has raised apprehension of further delay in Eamcet counselling.
The government’s mandate said the committee will study financial implications arising out of the SC order and suggest on how to minimise the financial burden by providing “affordable education with high standards”.
The committee was asked to submit its report at the earliest to the GoM, which will then take a decision on the issue to enable commencement of Eamcet counselling.
The GoM will go through the committee’s report and issue its own recommendations, which would be referred to the CM for final approval.
The committee is expected to suggest stringent measures, like removing the present method of giving fee reimbursement and scholarship to students on a “saturation basis” and replacing it with a “merit-based system”.