Removal of DCC&DE Director ordered

BANGALORE: In an unprecedented move, Higher Education Minister Dr V S Acharya has ordered the removal of Director of the Directorate of Correspondence Courses and Distance Education (DCC&DE) Dr B R Niranjan in a letter written to Registrar (Administration) Dr B C Mylarappa. The government order cites the problems caused to students due to irregularities in the examination procedures as the reason. The re-examination for the four centres where exams held in August 2011 were nullified due to allegationsof large scale malpractices is yet to be conducted. The order has directed  the university to appoint  a professor suitable to the post.