Telangana State Health Minister C Damodar Raja Narasimha has said the detention policy for students in engineering colleges in the state will be looked at to get relaxed for one year.

The Minister stated that the government will hold a meeting at the earliest with the management of educational institutions, including engineering colleges in Telangana, to discuss issues of detention, credits, re-examinations, autonomous, readmission and fee reimbursement.

He stated in the Assembly that the detention policy had been in place for 40-50 years across educational institutions and had been relaxed for a few years during the pandemic. He said in principle, the detention policy will be relaxed this year too.

The statement comes after Akbaruddin Owaisi had raised questions and concerns in the Assembly that the varied credit system in universities and the detention policy is hampering the progress of students, especially in the engineering stream.