Question : IT COLLEGES

(a) the number of IT colleges in the country with dates of their setting up and degree/diploma awarded by each of these State-wise;

(b) whether the Government have identified fake and sub-standard IT colleges in the country;

(c) if so, the action proposed to be taken against such colleges;

(d) the procedure and requirements for instituting standard IT and computer centres and the role of the Government for monitoring the quality of such institutions; and

(e) the details of centres of excellence in IT and computer science to help develop new institutions?

THE MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (DR. MURLI MANOHAR JOSHI)


(a) to (e): As per the information provided by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), the number of institutes approved by them imparting IT/ IT related courses, state-wise, is given in Annexure. Other micro-details are available in the website of AICTE – www.aicte.org. Approval of AICTE is required for technical institutes at degree and diploma level, which is considered on the basis of duly prescribed regulations and also keeping in view the financial viability, availability of infrastructural facilities like building, class-rooms, faculty, etc. as per the prescribed norms & standards. It came to the notice of AICTE that some courses in IT were being run by certain Universities without prior approval of AICTE. AICTE took up the matter with the Universities and as well as with the University Grants Commission (UGC) for necessary corrective steps. Both the AICTE and the UGC have set up Cells for prevention of malpractices to curb such violations. In addition, UGC has requested the concerned State Governments to conduct inquiries regarding the existence / functioning of such unapproved universities. Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore, Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Allahabad, and Indian Institute of Information Technology & Management (IITM) Gwalior are the centrally funded technical institutes which are centres of excellence imparting courses in IT, computer science and related subjects.