Question : Professional Institutions

(a) the number of technical/professional institutions functioning in the country, State-wise;

(b) the details of the new Government/ private technical, professional and management institutions sanctioned by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and the additional seats approved/ sanctioned in various disciplines across the country during each of the last three years, State-wise;

(c) whether the Government has any monitoring agency to oversee their functioning including the process of admission, quality of faculty in position and conformity to infrastructure etc.;

(d) if so, the details and if not, the reasons therefor; and

(e) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to make technical/professional education more relevant and effective?

MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

(SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

(a): The details are at Annexure-I.

(b): The details are at Annexure-II.

(c) to (e): The AICTE approved institutions are monitored through norms and standards as prescribed in the Approval Process Handbook of AICTE. Institutions not fulfilling the norms are liable for action as laid down in the Handbook. In order to enhance quality in technical education, AICTE has notified “All India Council for Technical Education (Mandatory Accreditation of all Programmes / Courses in Technical Education Institutions and University Departments & Institutions Deemed to be Universities imparting Technical Education) Regulations, 2014” vide notification F.No. 37-3/Legal/AICTE/2014 dated 29th January 2014. To rationalize the expansion of courses in engineering / technical, management etc. and to bring quality in technical education, AICTE has made it mandatory to have NBA Accreditation for institutions seeking new courses / expansion of existing courses. Further to improve quality of technical education, the following activities have been introduced:

i. Quality improvement schemes of AICTE
ii. Study Webs of Active Learning for Young Aspiring Minds (SWAYAM)
iii. National Digital Library (NDL)
iv. Accreditation by National Board of Accreditation (NBA)
v. Ranking of the Institutions.

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