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Monday, April 19, 2010
Chennai: The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has put on hold the scrutiny of applications filed by private trusts for starting self-financing engineering colleges and technical institutions in Tamil Nadu for the academic year 2010-11.
This follows an interim verdict of the Madras high court staying the AICTE’s new approval process on a petition filed by the Consortium of Self-Financing Professional, Arts and Science Colleges in Tamil Nadu and others. Consequently, the AICTE through a piecemeal approach decided to scrutinise applications filed for starting new institutions in its north, north-western and central regions alone. No schedule has been announced for the entire southern region.
“The scrutiny of applications was completed in three regions on Sunday. In Tamil Nadu, where 90 applications for starting new technical institutions are pending we decided not to peruse them for the time being due to the court case,” a senior AICTE official told The Times of India.
The Madras high court had on February 25 passed an interim order staying the AICTE’s new approval procedure for technical institutions. The consortium and others had challenged the new norms for approval on various grounds including the insistence that all assistant professors in engineering colleges must possess a masters degree in engineering.
It is learnt that some AICTE officials had suggested that the applications for establishing new institutions in the state can be scrutinised and even a physical inspection of the campuses could be carried out but the result could be kept on hold pending the final verdict of the court. However, the apex regulatory agency for technical education eventually decided not to undertake any scrutiny work till a clear-cut court direction was given on the matter.
In Tamil Nadu, 50 applications have been filed to start new private engineering colleges. Besides, 25 applicants have sought permission to launch colleges that would exclusively offer MBA degree programmes. In addition, 3 applications were filed for establishing integrated campuses where both engineering and management degree programmes would be offered.
The AICTE’s decision to momentarily freeze scrutiny of these applications has expectedly triggered panic among the applicant-trusts, who are apprehensive that the delay would make it difficult for them to attract students. “The admission to government quota seats in BE/B.Tech courses would begin on June 28. We are eager to get our college into the counselling list on time,” said an applicant.
AICTE puts scrutiny of new engineering colleges on hold
Chennai: The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has put on hold the scrutiny of applications filed by private trusts for starting self-financing engineering colleges and technical institutions in Tamil Nadu for the academic year 2010-11.
This follows an interim verdict of the Madras high court staying the AICTE’s new approval process on a petition filed by the Consortium of Self-Financing Professional, Arts and Science Colleges in Tamil Nadu and others. Consequently, the AICTE through a piecemeal approach decided to scrutinise applications filed for starting new institutions in its north, north-western and central regions alone. No schedule has been announced for the entire southern region.
The Madras high court had on February 25 passed an interim order staying the AICTE’s new approval procedure for technical institutions. The consortium and others had challenged the new norms for approval on various grounds including the insistence that all assistant professors in engineering colleges must possess a masters degree in engineering.
It is learnt that some AICTE officials had suggested that the applications for establishing new institutions in the state can be scrutinised and even a physical inspection of the campuses could be carried out but the result could be kept on hold pending the final verdict of the court. However, the apex regulatory agency for technical education eventually decided not to undertake any scrutiny work till a clear-cut court direction was given on the matter.
In Tamil Nadu, 50 applications have been filed to start new private engineering colleges. Besides, 25 applicants have sought permission to launch colleges that would exclusively offer MBA degree programmes. In addition, 3 applications were filed for establishing integrated campuses where both engineering and management degree programmes would be offered.
The AICTE’s decision to momentarily freeze scrutiny of these applications has expectedly triggered panic among the applicant-trusts, who are apprehensive that the delay would make it difficult for them to attract students. “The admission to government quota seats in BE/B.Tech courses would begin on June 28. We are eager to get our college into the counselling list on time,” said an applicant.
Courtesy: Times of India
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