be pleased to state the details of the steps taken by the Government to ensure the
quality and employability of the graduates produced by the private engineering
colleges in the country in the wake of the higher skill demands of the prospective
employers?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
(DR. MAHENDRA NATH PANDEY)
With a view to improving the quality of technical education and employability of students,
the following action plan has been approved by the AICTE:
1. Planning: Perspective Plans will be prepared for each State in consultation with the
concerned State Government for assessing the demand-supply situation projected
for the next 10 years. This will be a guiding document while approving new
institutions by AICTE.
2. Selection: The students for the technical courses shall be selected based on a
standardized examination.
3. Induction training: Every student, on admission, shall be put through a mandatory
Induction training to reinforce the fundamental concepts and the required language
skills required for the technical education. The model curriculum and the periodicity
of this induction training will be separately notified by the AICTE.
4. Revision of curriculum: Every affiliating Technical University shall constitute
subject-wise industry consultation committee (ICC) with the mandate of examining
the existing curriculum and for making suitable changes in the curriculum every
year. This process shall be completed in the month of December each year for the
courses to be offered in the coming Academic year. Each institution, while applying
for approval, shall certify completion of this process, which will be mandatory.
5. Mandatory internships: Every student in technical institution shall do three
internships each spanning 4 to 8 weeks before completion of the under-graduation.
The responsibility will be on the institution for helping the students in finding
suitable industry or organisation for the internship.
6. Industry readiness: All students passing out of the undergraduate courses shall be
imparted technical and soft skills required for working in the industry encompassing
– managerial skills, entrepreneurial skills, leadership skills, communication skills,
team-working skills and technical skills.
7. Promoting innovation/start-ups: There shall be efforts at every level for promoting
innovation and creativity in the students. The innovation drives like Hackathon shall
be promoted, so that innovative ideas would emerge that can be incubated in the
start-up centres.
8. Exam reforms: The final exams being conducted by the institutions shall test the
understanding of the concepts and the skill – rather than the subject knowledge. A
model exam format would be prepared and shared with the institutions and the
technical universities for suitable adoption. This aspect would be reviewed at the
time of approval.
9. Training of teachers: Every teacher in each of the technical education disciplines
shall mandatorily undergo an annual refresher course delivered through SWAYAM
portal, encapsulating all the major advances in the field of their study. Online
courses would also be prepared and delivered through the SWAYAM platform for
improving the pedagogical techniques of the teachers. The participation in the
courses by atleast 50% of the faculty would be a mandatory condition for approval
of the institution. Similarly, there should be leadership training to the heads of the
institutions once in 2 years. These trainings would also be hosted through the
SWAYAM platform.
10. Mandatory accreditation: At least half of all the programmes in the technical
institutions shall be accredited through the NBA before 2022. Unless there is
credible progress each year, the approval of the institutions can be refused. In
order to assist the institutions in meeting the mandatory requirements for applying
for accreditation, a separate mechanism will be put in place.
Further, AICTE implements the National Employment Enhancement Mission (NEEM) and
Employment Enhancement Training Programme (EETP) to enhance the employability of
the students. AICTE has also signed MoUs with major private companies e.g. LinkedIn and
Monster.com to create enhanced employment opportunities for the students.
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