Vijayawada: With the SSC main examinations in the State are a month away, the private junior colleges in the State have gone into overdrive to woo the parents of Class X students for Intermediate admissions. 

The PROs of private colleges have started approaching schools for tying up with them for admitting students in their colleges.

In some cases, they offer fees discount, scholarship and free seats for meritorious students. The Education Department has instructed both colleges and schools not to entertain the ‘PRO system’ and issued strict guidelines against it. However, some private colleges are not ready to adhere to the guidelines. 

The academic year of the junior colleges in the State will begin from June 1. Usually, the government will issue notification for admissions into junior colleges in the second week of May for admissions into 3,766 government, aided and private colleges in the State.  

However, the private junior colleges have already deputed their PROs and gave them targets for admission of students. The PROs will visit schools and try to make a deal with school managements to get perfect students for their colleges. For this, the PROs will get `3,000 to `5,000 for every referral admission.