SFI demands withdrawal of G.O. 97 merging polytechnics with Young India Skill University

Police personnel detain Students Federation of India (SFI) Telangana State Committee members as they attempt to march towards the Telangana Secretariat from Indira Park during a protest in Hyderabad on Monday. | Photo Credit: RAMAKRISHNA G. The Students’ Federation of India has sought that polytechnic education remain under the State Board of Technical Education and Training (SBTET) and not be merged with Young India Skill University (YISU) as proposed in the G.O. No. 97. They called for immediate withdrawal of the order.Several leaders of the organisation on Monday held a demonstration near Indira Park here, and questioned the absence of a government order on lateral entry, Engineering Common Entrance Test (ECET) eligibility and employment.They pointed out that SBTET recognition and AICTE