Hyderabad: Vigilance and Enforcement officials began engineering college inspections across the joint district following government directions. Officials examined infrastructure, student strength, staffing, admissions and fee reimbursement records at private engineering colleges.
The inspections also covered B-category seat admissions and the number of employees working at each institution. Officials checked whether colleges maintained adequate staff according to their student strength and whether classes were being conducted as required.
Meanwhile, authorities reviewed student attendance, admission records and reimbursement details. They also examined whether colleges followed biometric attendance systems and maintained the facilities required for academic activities.
Officials said they were conducting the inspections under government instructions and would submit detailed reports after completing the exercise. The inspections were intended to establish the actual conditions prevailing at the colleges.
So far, officials inspected SVS Engineering College, Sumathireddy Engineering College and Balaji Engineering College. They were preparing to extend the inspections to other engineering colleges in the joint district.
The teams focused particularly on allegations and records linked to bogus admissions, fee reimbursement and scholarship funds. They checked admission details against student attendance and other institutional records.
Officials also collected information about teaching faculty and other employees. The exercise sought to establish whether colleges had enough staff to support the number of students enrolled.
In addition, inspection teams examined whether colleges collected fees from students who had received fee reimbursement. They reviewed the related records and sought details from college managements.
The teams also checked basic facilities inside the institutions. Laboratories, furniture and other infrastructure formed part of the inspection process, along with staffing arrangements.
Officials sought complete information from the managements before preparing their reports. They were also examining how colleges conducted classes when student numbers were high but adequate staff was reportedly unavailable.
Engineering college inspections uncover facility and funding concerns
The inspections at the three colleges reportedly brought several issues to the attention of vigilance officials. These included inadequate facilities, laboratory concerns, insufficient furniture and staffing-related shortcomings.
Officials also reportedly found discrepancies involving fee reimbursement funds and scholarship fund distribution. The findings were still part of the inspection process as authorities prepared comprehensive reports for the government.
At the same time, officials planned to inspect the remaining engineering colleges in the joint district. The exercise was also expected to cover other colleges as part of the wider inspection programme.
The vigilance teams were collecting information on admissions, student attendance, institutional records and reimbursement payments. They were also comparing student numbers with available teaching and non-teaching staff.
College managements in the district became concerned after inspections began at multiple institutions. Managements at other colleges started reviewing and updating their records ahead of possible inspections.
Some private college managements alleged that the government had ordered the inspections deliberately while managements were seeking the release of fee reimbursement and scholarship funds. The managements raised these concerns as the inspection exercise continued.
However, college managements maintained that they were following admission rules. They said they were filling admissions according to EAMCET ranks and were also filling management quota seats as per applicable regulations.
The managements therefore maintained that their admission practices complied with the prescribed norms. Their claims formed part of the response from private engineering colleges amid the ongoing inspections.
Vigilance and Enforcement DSP Mallaiah said the inspections were being conducted according to government orders. He said officials were examining the actual conditions at colleges and submitting reports to the government.
The inspection teams were continuing to collect records from college managements. Officials were expected to compile the findings after examining infrastructure, admissions, attendance, staffing and financial records.
The wider exercise was taking place across the state, while private engineering college managements in the district remained watchful. Further inspections were being prepared for colleges that had not yet been covered.
The current inspections therefore focused on several connected areas, including student admissions, attendance, staffing, infrastructure and government-linked financial support. Officials planned to use the collected information to prepare a complete report for the government.