THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Governor has received a complaint against Kerala University for giving permission to begin MBA evening course to two self-financing institutions which do not have the accreditation from All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE).

The complaint was given by Save University Campaign Committee. A similar complaint has been sent to the AICTE Chairman too.

The two institutions are HLL Management Academy under the ownership of Hindustan Latex and Agriculture Cooperative Staff Training Institute at Manvila in Thiruvananthapuram. Thirty seats each were allowed to these institutions. The credit and semester courses that are conducted at the Kerala University campus is allowed to these institutions.

These institutions can take admissions, decide on the fees, appoint teachers, conduct examinations and also value the answer papers. According to the guidelines of the University can only give affiliation and courses to societies and trusts that have been registered with the aim of promoting higher education. Throwing these guidelines into the air, the University has signed an agreement with societies that were constituted to impart training to Latex employees and farmers.

Though there are similar courses at the central government’s Cooperative Training Center at Poojapura, the examinations and valuations are done by the University. The ten University Institute of Management works like this.

The degree certificates of those who study in colleges without accreditation have no value. However, AICTE accreditation is not required for Universities to conduct MBA courses directly. This rule was misused to give the courses to these two institutions.

If this is allowed, then self-financing institutions can sign agreement with the University’s education departments and conduct courses as they wish.