AMU College gets NBA accreditation

Aligarh: The National Board of Accreditation (NBA) has accredited with excellence, all the B.Tech programmes taught by the Zakir Husain College of Engineering and Technology at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU).

The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has initiated the NBA for developing a quality-conscious system of technical education.

The NBA has been established by AICTE for proper planning, coordinated development and regulation of technical education in India.

"The NBA will provide accreditation to all the seven under-graduate programmes for the period of nearly five years, which will facilitate us in enhancing the image of the college and its attempt to become a top ranking institute of the country," avers an AMU official.

Earlier this week, AMU Vice-Chancellor P.K. Abdul Azis inaugurated a new digital resource centre at the Maulana Azad Library and said, "In the next two years, AMU is planning to develop digital classrooms."

Source:http://indiaedunews.net/Uttar_Pradesh/AMU_College_gets_NBA_accreditation_7744/

AMU College gets NBA accreditation

Aligarh: The National Board of Accreditation (NBA) has accredited with excellence, all the B.Tech programmes taught by the Zakir Husain College of Engineering and Technology at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU).

The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has initiated the NBA for developing a quality-conscious system of technical education.

The NBA has been established by AICTE for proper planning, coordinated development and regulation of technical education in India.

"The NBA will provide accreditation to all the seven under-graduate programmes for the period of nearly five years, which will facilitate us in enhancing the image of the college and its attempt to become a top ranking institute of the country," avers an AMU official.

Earlier this week, AMU Vice-Chancellor P.K. Abdul Azis inaugurated a new digital resource centre at the Maulana Azad Library and said, "In the next two years, AMU is planning to develop digital classrooms."

Source:http://indiaedunews.net/Uttar_Pradesh/AMU_College_gets_NBA_accreditation_7744/

AICTE asks institutions to validate plans

Chennai: The regional office of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has requested all institutions in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry to validate with its office if their proposals for increasing, or variation in, the intake or introduction of additional courses during 2009-10 are safe.

The step has been taken by AICTE in view of the fire that broke out at its office in Shastri Bhavan on October 17 this year in which some proposals were burnt.

Institutions have therefore been asked to verify whether their proposals are safe, along with the proof of submission.

Soruce: http://indiaedunews.net/Tamil_Nadu/AICTE_asks_institutions_to_validate_plans_6735/

AICTE asks institutions to validate plans

Chennai: The regional office of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has requested all institutions in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry to validate with its office if their proposals for increasing, or variation in, the intake or introduction of additional courses during 2009-10 are safe.

The step has been taken by AICTE in view of the fire that broke out at its office in Shastri Bhavan on October 17 this year in which some proposals were burnt.

Institutions have therefore been asked to verify whether their proposals are safe, along with the proof of submission.

Soruce: http://indiaedunews.net/Tamil_Nadu/AICTE_asks_institutions_to_validate_plans_6735/

Educational institutes under fire for unauthorised foreign tie-ups

20 Jul, 2008, 1557 hrs IST, IANS

NEW DELHI: Technical education institutes and B-schools competing with each other to find partners abroad have run into trouble with the authorities terming many such ties-ups as illegal. The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), the regulator of technical educational institutions in India, has since late June served notices to over 104 institutes for partnering foreign universities without AICTE's approval. The AICTE has also served notices to 169 other institutes, including some of the big names in the private education sector, for conducting unauthorised technical courses. Perturbed over the spate of advertisements by private educational institutes during the admission session, the government in April asked AICTE to take action against those making false claims, especially about their foreign alliances and deemed university status. The state governments, too, were asked to take action against institutes that have unauthorised alliances and ran courses without proper approval. "Very few such institutes have sorted out the issue with us," said one AICTE official. Most of these institutions are in Delhi, Maharashtra and the southern states. "We have asked states to close down institutions and take legal action against those who have violated the norms," the official said. Minister for Human Resource Development Arjun Singh in April expressed his strong reservations about the foreign tie-ups of many private educational institutes. The government later asked the AICTE to make its regulations for foreign institutes' entry stricter. The University Grants Commission (UGC) was also asked to adopt stricter norms for granting deemed university status. Since then, the AICTE has been collecting information in newspaper announcements, websites, complaints received from students, the public and other sources on institutes conducting technical courses. According to AICTE's 2005 regulations for foreign universities entry into India, it can monitor the operations of foreign institutes that provide technical education in India. The regulations also apply to Indian universities and institutes. "Any other educational activity carried out in India, in any manner, by a foreign university or institution is also regulated by the AICTE," the official said.

Educational institutes under fire for unauthorised foreign tie-ups

20 Jul, 2008, 1557 hrs IST, IANS

NEW DELHI: Technical education institutes and B-schools competing with each other to find partners abroad have run into trouble with the authorities terming many such ties-ups as illegal. The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), the regulator of technical educational institutions in India, has since late June served notices to over 104 institutes for partnering foreign universities without AICTE's approval. The AICTE has also served notices to 169 other institutes, including some of the big names in the private education sector, for conducting unauthorised technical courses. Perturbed over the spate of advertisements by private educational institutes during the admission session, the government in April asked AICTE to take action against those making false claims, especially about their foreign alliances and deemed university status. The state governments, too, were asked to take action against institutes that have unauthorised alliances and ran courses without proper approval. "Very few such institutes have sorted out the issue with us," said one AICTE official. Most of these institutions are in Delhi, Maharashtra and the southern states. "We have asked states to close down institutions and take legal action against those who have violated the norms," the official said. Minister for Human Resource Development Arjun Singh in April expressed his strong reservations about the foreign tie-ups of many private educational institutes. The government later asked the AICTE to make its regulations for foreign institutes' entry stricter. The University Grants Commission (UGC) was also asked to adopt stricter norms for granting deemed university status. Since then, the AICTE has been collecting information in newspaper announcements, websites, complaints received from students, the public and other sources on institutes conducting technical courses. According to AICTE's 2005 regulations for foreign universities entry into India, it can monitor the operations of foreign institutes that provide technical education in India. The regulations also apply to Indian universities and institutes. "Any other educational activity carried out in India, in any manner, by a foreign university or institution is also regulated by the AICTE," the official said.

IIPM now moves HC against AICTE

New Delhi: The Indian Institute of Planning and Management (IIPM) has now moved the Delhi High Court (HC) against the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) for issuing it a closure notice.
On June 20, 2008, AICTE issued a notice to IIPM asking it to shut down as the management courses offered by it were not approved by the Council.
It said that the institute was offering management course in collaboration with foreign management universities without the approval of the AICTE.
The institute has filed a petition before Justice G.S. Sistani challenging AICTE's notice.
Justice Sistani issued a notice to the AICTE seeking a response to the petition by July 22, 2008, which is also the next date of hearing.
The institute has alleged that the AICTE has issued the notice with an 'ulterior motive'.
IIPM had earlier approached the Delhi High Court challenging the University Grants Commission's (UGC) decision to classify it as an unrecognized university.
The IIPM had then agreed to make it clear in its advertisements that the institute offers only certificate courses.
The institute also clarified to the High Court that its courses were aimed at making students eligible for degree courses like MBA and BBA provided under the International Management Institute (IMI), Belgium.

Source: http://www.delhieducation.net/

IIPM now moves HC against AICTE

New Delhi: The Indian Institute of Planning and Management (IIPM) has now moved the Delhi High Court (HC) against the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) for issuing it a closure notice.
On June 20, 2008, AICTE issued a notice to IIPM asking it to shut down as the management courses offered by it were not approved by the Council.
It said that the institute was offering management course in collaboration with foreign management universities without the approval of the AICTE.
The institute has filed a petition before Justice G.S. Sistani challenging AICTE's notice.
Justice Sistani issued a notice to the AICTE seeking a response to the petition by July 22, 2008, which is also the next date of hearing.
The institute has alleged that the AICTE has issued the notice with an 'ulterior motive'.
IIPM had earlier approached the Delhi High Court challenging the University Grants Commission's (UGC) decision to classify it as an unrecognized university.
The IIPM had then agreed to make it clear in its advertisements that the institute offers only certificate courses.
The institute also clarified to the High Court that its courses were aimed at making students eligible for degree courses like MBA and BBA provided under the International Management Institute (IMI), Belgium.

Source: http://www.delhieducation.net/

Private institutes: Need of Indian education system

More than 10 million students in India are getting higher education from private institutions or universities. Private institutions compensate for the failure of the education system. It is high time that it is given the status of an industry..

FOUR YEARS ago, I appeared for the engineering competitive examinations but couldn’t score a rank good enough to get admission in a government institution. My dreams of being an engineer were on the verge of being shattered but a private institution came to my rescue.

It was not just my case but according to the latest survey conducted by Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), there are 17,500 colleges and 230 universities providing higher education to 11million students. But the biggest irony is that out of this large number more than 10 million students are getting higher education from private institutions or universities. The figure itself clearly proves, who is playing a bigger role in imparting higher education.

Delhi University (DU) received 500,000 applications for 40,000 seats, the result-even 90 per cent marks couldn’t confirm a seat. The competition gets tougher when it comes to seeking admission for professional courses. For 6,800 seats in Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) more than 2.4 lakh students appear. For 9,500 seats in National Institutes of Technology (NIT), more than two lakh applications were received.

This fact is for our Human Resource Development (HRD), who claims to have enough money to implement reservation in government institutes. NIT Bhopal has a 600 acre campus but it admits only 60 students for its masters in computer applications (MCA) programme. The institute neither has enough trained faculty nor it has resources to improve the labs and equipments to facilitate more intake. Indian Institute of Technology (IITs) are also not different. They too are suffering from shortage of faculty and we all can imagine what is going to happen with the government planning to come up with more IITs.The disgusting fact is that the government doesn’t have enough money to deal with these problems and we can still hear them claiming that they have enough money to provide infrastructure and other facilities to twice the number of students.

The HRD ministry, instead of being progressive and encouraging more private universities, is more keen to provide reservation and divide the nation on caste basis. It is high time that private sector education is given the status of an industry and it should be realised that they compensate for the failure of the education system.

This demands sincere efforts from the government and the regulatory committees like All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and University Grants Commission (UGC) and proper transparency should be maintained. It is quite common to observe that institutes not having a decent infrastructure get affiliation just because they belong to some politician while others who deserve that affiliation, have to struggle. source: http://india.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=136835

Private institutes: Need of Indian education system

More than 10 million students in India are getting higher education from private institutions or universities. Private institutions compensate for the failure of the education system. It is high time that it is given the status of an industry..

FOUR YEARS ago, I appeared for the engineering competitive examinations but couldn’t score a rank good enough to get admission in a government institution. My dreams of being an engineer were on the verge of being shattered but a private institution came to my rescue.

It was not just my case but according to the latest survey conducted by Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), there are 17,500 colleges and 230 universities providing higher education to 11million students. But the biggest irony is that out of this large number more than 10 million students are getting higher education from private institutions or universities. The figure itself clearly proves, who is playing a bigger role in imparting higher education.

Delhi University (DU) received 500,000 applications for 40,000 seats, the result-even 90 per cent marks couldn’t confirm a seat. The competition gets tougher when it comes to seeking admission for professional courses. For 6,800 seats in Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) more than 2.4 lakh students appear. For 9,500 seats in National Institutes of Technology (NIT), more than two lakh applications were received.

This fact is for our Human Resource Development (HRD), who claims to have enough money to implement reservation in government institutes. NIT Bhopal has a 600 acre campus but it admits only 60 students for its masters in computer applications (MCA) programme. The institute neither has enough trained faculty nor it has resources to improve the labs and equipments to facilitate more intake. Indian Institute of Technology (IITs) are also not different. They too are suffering from shortage of faculty and we all can imagine what is going to happen with the government planning to come up with more IITs.The disgusting fact is that the government doesn’t have enough money to deal with these problems and we can still hear them claiming that they have enough money to provide infrastructure and other facilities to twice the number of students.

The HRD ministry, instead of being progressive and encouraging more private universities, is more keen to provide reservation and divide the nation on caste basis. It is high time that private sector education is given the status of an industry and it should be realised that they compensate for the failure of the education system.

This demands sincere efforts from the government and the regulatory committees like All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and University Grants Commission (UGC) and proper transparency should be maintained. It is quite common to observe that institutes not having a decent infrastructure get affiliation just because they belong to some politician while others who deserve that affiliation, have to struggle. source: http://india.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=136835