Question : ASSISTANCE TO POLYTECHNICS BY AICTE

(a) the details of the funds provided by AICTE to private and Government Polytechnics during last three years under the scheme of `Modernisation and removal of obseiete`, State-wise;

(b)the criteria for the financial assistance to polytechnics under the above scheme;

(c) whether it has come to notice of the Government that some of the accredited private polytechnics are not provided the financial assistance by AICTE during the last year; and

(d) if so, the details of such accredited polytechnics that are not released funds in Karnataka?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT(SHRI M.A.A. FATMI)

(a) A statement indicating the State-wise financial assistance provided by the AICTE to polytechnics wider the Modernisation and Removal of Obsolescence Scheme (MODROBS)during the last three years is annexed.

(b)The broad criteria for providing assistance under the MODROBS are, the courses must be AICTE approved, only accredited programmes of self-financing institutions (not applicable to five:

year old institutes in J&K and North Eastern States), proposals aiming at modernisation and removing obsolescence in laboratories/workshops/computing facilities to enhance the functional efficiency of the institute in teaching, training, research and the proposal justifiable in terms of departmental/institutional needs and relevance to academic and research activities are considered.

(c)&(d) : According to AICTE, one private accredited polytechnic viz. JSS KH Kabbur Institute of Engineering, Dharwad, Karnataka could not be assisted under the scheme in 2004-05.