MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI M.A.A. FATMI)
(a) & (b) : Yes. Sir. The University Grants Commission (UGC) has issued UGC (Admission to Specified Professional Programmes) Interim Regulations. 2003 on 26th December 2003. As per these Regulations, admission to specified professional programmes which inter-alia include undergraduate programmes in Engineering, in all institutions in the country which are presently admitting all their students or certain percentage of them on an all India basis, shall be through
All India Engineering Entrance Examinations (AIEEE) conducted by the Central Board if Secondary Education.
(c) to (f) : As per the guidelines issued by the AH India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) on 3rJ November 2003, all seats have to be tilled on the basis of merit, determined by the State tests for seats to be filled from the students of that state and AIEEE for seats to be tilled on all India basis. The management quota seats shall be filled through either of these common entrance Jests or a common entrance test conducted by an approved agency (including Association of all colleges of a particular type in the State). Further, the Hon`ble Supreme Court in its judgement dated 14th August 2003 in the case of Islamic Academy of Education and another Vs. State of Karnataka and others directed that, in each State, two committees;, each headed by a retired High Court Judge, shall be set up, (i) to look into the fee structure and(ii) to ensure that the tests conducted by the Association of Colleges are fair and transparent, respectively.
