Telangana Govt can't determine nativity issue: Ganta

HYDERABAD: Asserting that the Telangana government alone cannot determine the nativity of a person, Andhra Pradesh minister for human resource development Ganta Srinivasa Rao has called for deliberations between two state governments before finalisation of guidelines on implementation of the professional college tuition fee reimbursement scheme.

Considering either 1956 as a reference or parental status of the student to define nativity was wrong and cannot resolve the knotty problem. 'If 1956 is considered as reference year and accordingly nativity is decided, what about those families that had settled in Telangana region about 20 years ago? And, whose children were born here? If the 1956 cut-off year is fixed, these children cannot become locals in Telangana or in AP.'

Rao made these comments after releasing the Intermediate second-year supplementary examination results here on Friday and affirmed any decision in this regard cannot be taken unilaterally by the Telangana government.

Expressing apprehensions over the definition of 'nativity' that may emerge from the intense discussions on fee reimbursement scheme, he said, 'Once 'nativity' defined, it will become a precedent. So, one should consider that it has to be studied from the point of Mulki rules, Presidential Order defining local and local status. So, both governments should have a say in this decision.'

Besides, he said, it is better on the part of the Telangana government to reimburse the tuition fees of AP students studying in Telangana to resolve the complicated problem.

AP to get several central educational institutions

Hyderabad: Reiterating that his government is keen on bringing far-reaching reforms in the education sector, Andhra Pradesh HRD minister Ganta Srinivasa Rao has said that the Union government has agreed to set up several central institutions in the state.

He said that plans were afoot to set up an Indian Institute of Management(IIM) and a tribal university at Visakhapatnam, an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) at Tirupati, an All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) between Krishna and Guntur districts.

Further, he said, budget estimates have been drawn for the purpose and said these projects would cost around Rs 7,042 crore. 'All district collectors have been asked to identify suitable lands for setting up these universities and institutions. In this upcoming budget session itself, more than Rs 100 crore will be released for the purpose,' he added.

Besides, he said, the Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) will start operating on the Andhra University campus from this year and will shift to a new campus soon. A central university would be established in Kurnool, he disclosed.