AICTE to cut 40K seats in govt engineering colleges
Aditi.Gyanesh@timesgroup.com
Bengaluru:31.01.2019
The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has decided to cut 40,000 seats in government colleges across the country. The move comes after state-run engineering colleges have failed to ramp up infrastructure and fix their staff shortage problem.
“The decision to reduce seats has been taken after seeing the lackadaisical attitude and negligence of state governments in changing the condition of state-run engineering colleges. They have failed to recruit faculty and provide proper infrastructure,” Anil Sahasrabuddhe, AICTE chairman, told TOI.
He warned that the seat cut will continue if states are not able to act fast and work on the staff crunch and infrastructure problem at the earliest. “About eight states have already taken some action; we’re waiting for the others,” he added.
However, the seat-cut is not just because of inadequate action by colleges. The demand for engineering course has also been sliding. Across India, 50% engineering seats were vacant in 2018. AICTE has also decided not to approve any new engineering colleges for next two years.
However, approval for additional seats and new programmes in existing institutions will be granted based on capacity utilization.
The AICTE is also forming a review committee to look into pharmacy colleges. The accreditation body has seen a boom in applications from states to open new ones every year. Sahasrabuddhe hinted at the similar measure for management schools too.
Every year, about 10 lakhs engineering seats are available across India.
The move comes after state-run engineering colleges have failed to ramp up infrastructure and fix their staff shortage problem
Aditi.Gyanesh@timesgroup.com
Bengaluru:31.01.2019
The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has decided to cut 40,000 seats in government colleges across the country. The move comes after state-run engineering colleges have failed to ramp up infrastructure and fix their staff shortage problem.
“The decision to reduce seats has been taken after seeing the lackadaisical attitude and negligence of state governments in changing the condition of state-run engineering colleges. They have failed to recruit faculty and provide proper infrastructure,” Anil Sahasrabuddhe, AICTE chairman, told TOI.
He warned that the seat cut will continue if states are not able to act fast and work on the staff crunch and infrastructure problem at the earliest. “About eight states have already taken some action; we’re waiting for the others,” he added.
However, the seat-cut is not just because of inadequate action by colleges. The demand for engineering course has also been sliding. Across India, 50% engineering seats were vacant in 2018. AICTE has also decided not to approve any new engineering colleges for next two years.
However, approval for additional seats and new programmes in existing institutions will be granted based on capacity utilization.
The AICTE is also forming a review committee to look into pharmacy colleges. The accreditation body has seen a boom in applications from states to open new ones every year. Sahasrabuddhe hinted at the similar measure for management schools too.
Every year, about 10 lakhs engineering seats are available across India.
The move comes after state-run engineering colleges have failed to ramp up infrastructure and fix their staff shortage problem
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