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    "content": "I wish to inform the House that public universities declare all regular degree programmes which are offered by the respective universities to the Joint Admissions Board (JAB) for admission. These programmes would have been approved by the Senate of each university and thus JAB admits students based on the information which has been provided by public universities. In 2009, the ERB held a consultative meeting with the Vice-Chancellors of all the public universities on the engineering courses they offered. In this meeting, the universities were urged to ensure that they consulted the relevant professional bodies before they started any professional programmes. I have also held two separate consultative meetings with the Vice-Chancellors and the Chairmen of the Councils of both public and private universities in September, 2010. During this consultative meeting, I emphasized the need to involve professional bodies before starting any professional academic programmes in the universities so as to avoid hitches on the registration of the universities’ Engineering graduates. In 2009, my Permanent Secretary received a copy of a letter to public universities from the ERB, raising concerns on approval and accreditation of Engineering Degree Programmes. The Permanent Secretary wrote to all public universities urging them to consult with the concerned professional body before"
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