BRS ex-MP B. Vinod Kumar (centre).
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HYDERABADSenior leader of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) and former MP B. Vinod Kumar requested Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy to review the issue arising out of the government decision to bring the polytechnic colleges under the Skill University through GO 97.Speaking to newspersons here on Monday, he said the students of polytechnic colleges were protesting for the last 10 days demanding withdrawal/scrapping of GO 97 issued on August 16 with the objective to bring the technical education diploma colleges under the purview of Skill University.The Act through which the Skill University was established had clearly stated that its role would be to issue degrees (certificates) and it had no recognition of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). Further, it was also stated that the univeristy would work in the private public partnership method and the students of polytechnics were strongly opposed to privatisation.Stating that the system of polytechnic colleges was existing from prior to independence and it was strengthened further by the Jawaharlal Nehru government, he asked the government to establish separate engineering colleges for giving admission to the polytechnic students directly into engineering courses through an entrance test (ECET). Published - August 24, 2026 06:53 pm IST
