Overview
- Nearly 2,000 institutions across engineering, pharmacy, MBA, MCA, B.Ed, nursing and degree streams have closed under FATHI’s call.
- JNTU-Hyderabad reported about 12% turnout for BPharm exams, with 52 affiliated colleges boycotting while nine held tests.
- FATHI says arrears total roughly Rs 10,000 crore after an earlier Rs 1,200 crore Diwali promise yielded only Rs 300 crore.
- The state formed a 15-member committee of senior officials, academics and FATHI representatives to design a Trust Bank model and report within three months.
- Protests are scheduled with a 30,000-staff rally at L.B. Stadium on November 8 and a ‘Chalo Secretariat’ march on November 11, as vigilance inspections of colleges continue.