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The All India Council for Technical Education has been mandated under the AICTE Act, 1987 to ensure maintenance of standards with regard to technical education in the country. In exercise of this mandate, the Council insists on fulfillment of the minimum requirements prescribed for imparting technical education by the institutions so that quality is not compromised and stakeholders are satisfied. The Council undertakes an annual inspection of the institutions and conveys any shortcoming/ deficiency to them for rectification.
This year the Council had carried out inspections of all courses offered by an institution simultaneously and appraised the strengths and weaknesses of each course run by an institution.
The new Approval Process put in place by the Council ensured greater transparency, effective participation of stakeholders and consultation with the concerned agencies i.e. State Government and Affiliating Universities. The holistic inspections/appraisals have brought out areas of serious concern and indicated shortages in critical areas. Some of the important deficiencies are as under:-
Faculty shortage both in terms of quantity and quality.
Lack of academic leadership on account of the absence of the qualified Principals.
Poor remuneration to teachers.
Contractual and temporary appointments.
Overcrowding of colleges due to the running of unapproved programmes and multiple programmes in same premises.
Inadequate Laboratories, Workshops, Libraries etc.
Inadequate space.
Non-availability of hostel facilities close to the Institution.
Poor internet connectivity.
Overcharging of fees.
Absence of basic facilities: drinking water, toilet, canteen, common room etc.
The gravity of the situation has evoked serious concern. The Council as a facilitator, however, has decided to give an opportunity to the institutions to make up their deficiencies and improve the quality of delivery, which is currently far below expectations. The Council therefore, has decided to concentrate on the most critical deficiency i.e. shortage of faculty in institutions for extension of approval for the year 2005-06. Additional courses/increase in intake has been sanctioned only where each of the existing course in an institution is running satisfactorily. The extension of approval has been granted subject to rectification of deficiencies by the 31st August, 2005. In cases where the faculty shortage is upto 25% of required strength, the intake has been maintained at the existing level. Where the faculty shortfall in a course is between 25% and 50%, a pro-rata reduction in the course intake has been made. Where the faculty is less than even 50% in a course, admission for the year 2005-06 in the concerned course
has not been allowed. This reduction may be proportionately restored if the institution is able to recruit more faculty by 7 July, 2005 and intimate the Council by way of a declaration.
Based on these policy parameters, the sanctioned intakes are 452260 in Engineering, 72032 in MBA/PGDBM, 48537 in MCA and 25369 in Pharmacy for the year 2005-06 as compared to 477595 in Engineering, 75048 in MBA/PGDBM, 56766 in MCA and 26890 in Pharmacy for the year 2004-05. 7 out of 1346 Colleges of Engineering, 18 out of 1007 Institutes in Management, 65 out of 1051 Colleges in MCA and 8 out of 445 Colleges in Pharmacy cannot admit students unless they rectify the faculty deficiencies by 7.7.2005. The sanctioned intake for courses in Hotel Management and Catering Technology and Fine Arts for the year 2005-06 remain the same as in 2004-05.
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