Irregularities in admissions in MKU alleged

Madurai: Alleging large scale irregularities in lateral entry admissions in Madurai Kamaraj University Directorate of Distance Education during 2014-15, the Joint Action Council-Madurai Kamaraj University (JAC-MKU)in a memorandum requested Higher Education Secretary Apoorva to order for a CB-CID probe into the matter.

The then Registrar had even asked the Director of Distance Education to stop lateral entries, the JAC-MKU office-bearers said.

They alleged that admissions were made without proper processing of application forms and regulations.

Admissions were directly made to the second year M.Com. course under re-admission without following regulations. It also claimed that some students had appeared for examinations without hall tickets.

The JAC-MKU said over 1000 admissions had been made for under graduate courses like BA, B.Com, BSc, BBA and certain PG courses.