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Thursday, June 24, 2010
Chennai: More than 300 selffinancing engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu have fallen in line with the All India Council for Technical Education’s (AICTE) new comprehensive guidelines for applying for approval.
Notwithstanding the fact that the Consortium of Self-Financing Professional Arts and Science Colleges in Tamil Nadu, a representative body of higher educational institutions in north and central districts, and a few others have challenged the new guidelines before the Madras high court, these institutions have gone ahead and applied online seeking approval for the academic year 2010-11.
However, the AICTE is unable to process applications from these institutions since the issue is sub judice.
Authoritative sources in the AICTE, New Delhi, said that of the 1,000-odd technical institutions in Tamil Nadu, nearly 600 have submitted the information required for the approval process online. Of these, 300-odd are engineering colleges and the rest offer courses such as MBA, MCA and hotel management. Of the remaining 400-odd colleges, around 150 are engineering colleges.
A major reason why college owners are opposing the new norms is that they have to submit foolproof details about the availability of faculty including their biometric thumb impressions, which will expose duplication of teachers in institutions. Also at a later stage, the AICTE is planning to upload video streams which will clearly show the facilities on campuses so that students can make an informed decision before joining a college.
The AICTE also has a penal clause to punish the college chairman and principal for furnishing false information, which has not gone down well among a section of the institutions.
Meanwhile, nearly 90% of the 454 private engineering colleges in the state have to get their approvals renewed by the AICTE for the forthcoming academic year. With the case pending in the court, the AICTE is unable to process the renewal applications.
Unless it extends the approval, authorities at the Anna University, the nodal agency for conducting single window admissions, cannot include the seats in these institutions for the counselling which begins on June 28 (main counselling begins on July 5).
“The counselling has to be done only on the basis of the seat matrix released by the AICTE. Nearly 80 engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu were granted approval last year on the basis of the infrastructure developed by them for conducting first year classes alone. This year, we need to ascertain if they have created additional infrastructure for the second year students. Therefore, we cannot grant blanket interim approvals as it would put the future of students in jeopardy if it later transpires that the colleges have not created new facilities,” a senior AICTE official said.
Over 300 TN engineering colleges fall in line with AICTE regulations
Chennai: More than 300 selffinancing engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu have fallen in line with the All India Council for Technical Education’s (AICTE) new comprehensive guidelines for applying for approval.
Notwithstanding the fact that the Consortium of Self-Financing Professional Arts and Science Colleges in Tamil Nadu, a representative body of higher educational institutions in north and central districts, and a few others have challenged the new guidelines before the Madras high court, these institutions have gone ahead and applied online seeking approval for the academic year 2010-11.
Authoritative sources in the AICTE, New Delhi, said that of the 1,000-odd technical institutions in Tamil Nadu, nearly 600 have submitted the information required for the approval process online. Of these, 300-odd are engineering colleges and the rest offer courses such as MBA, MCA and hotel management. Of the remaining 400-odd colleges, around 150 are engineering colleges.
A major reason why college owners are opposing the new norms is that they have to submit foolproof details about the availability of faculty including their biometric thumb impressions, which will expose duplication of teachers in institutions. Also at a later stage, the AICTE is planning to upload video streams which will clearly show the facilities on campuses so that students can make an informed decision before joining a college.
The AICTE also has a penal clause to punish the college chairman and principal for furnishing false information, which has not gone down well among a section of the institutions.
Meanwhile, nearly 90% of the 454 private engineering colleges in the state have to get their approvals renewed by the AICTE for the forthcoming academic year. With the case pending in the court, the AICTE is unable to process the renewal applications.
Unless it extends the approval, authorities at the Anna University, the nodal agency for conducting single window admissions, cannot include the seats in these institutions for the counselling which begins on June 28 (main counselling begins on July 5).
“The counselling has to be done only on the basis of the seat matrix released by the AICTE. Nearly 80 engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu were granted approval last year on the basis of the infrastructure developed by them for conducting first year classes alone. This year, we need to ascertain if they have created additional infrastructure for the second year students. Therefore, we cannot grant blanket interim approvals as it would put the future of students in jeopardy if it later transpires that the colleges have not created new facilities,” a senior AICTE official said.
Courtesy: Times of India
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