Now since the [SCHOOL OF PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE BILL of 2014] has been passed by both houses of the Parliament, hundreds of students from these two schools now expect that there won’t be any obstruction in the way of getting enrolled with CoA.

However, hundreds of students from other prominent architectural institutes continue  to face problems as CoA is still refusing to enrol them, saying that the institutes from where the students had completed their courses were running without its approval.

Alleging that the study of architecture in these institutes was not at par with the CoA’s minimum standards of education, a competency test  had been conducted by the council. However, the Delhi High Court had imposed a stay on the announcement of the result of the test. Not only that,  even the Central government and a recent Calcutta High Court judgment of held that the CoA had no power to conduct any competency test.

“There is a fight between AICTE and CoA on the question of getting approval. Students from AICTE-approved institutes are not being recognised by CoA,” says an architecture student  requesting anonymity. “I got admission to an institute which ran with AICTE’s approval. I even appeared in CoA’s competency test but now there is a stay on the announcement of its result. I hope MHRD takes note of this,” says the student.