AICTE

CAT (Central Administrative Tribunal) has dismissed the petition filed by the suspended chairman of AICTE (All India Council of Technical Education) RA Yadav. Yadav had filed the petition in the court against government regarding his suspension.

Considering the practical difficulty in the implementation of the revised norms on appointing postgraduate engineering graduates as Assistant Professors and Ph.D. holders as Associate Professors, Union Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal assured the self-financing engineering college authorities a relaxation period of three years in its enforcement.

With a view to make All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and National Board of Accreditation (NBA) more transparent, Minister of Human Resource Development Kapil Sibal launched internet portals of the two Central regulatory agencies on February 12.

With an intention of awarding the universities a breather, the Maharashtra state government is thinking on the lines of forming separate examination boards for courses like management studies and engineering. While the proposal is still in the brainstorming phase, it is already being applauded by educationists, varsities and teachers as well.

‘Research’ does not mean ‘copy pasting’ even in its wildest sense any more. As part of its efforts to check plagiarism, the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) is all set to launch a new web portal for ensuring the authenticity of the research projects carried out by its students and teachers.

 A high-powered body is likely to oversee the working of Central regulatory agencies to remove all the bottlenecks in the education sector. This is one of several measures the government is going to introduce to ensure transparency in all the regulatory bodies All India Council for Technical Eduucation (AICTE).

The Central Administrative Tribunal has turned down the request to repeal the suspension of AICTE Assistant Director, GS Negi, who had allegedly abused his position for granting approval for a new engineering college.

The tribunal made it clear that the empowered authority could place a government servant under suspension as long as he is under investigation for a criminal offence that has been charged in his name.

Thanks to the online self-disclosure regime with minimal human interface in the approval process, the technical students are no longer going to be foxed by colleges that do not really possess either the faculty or the infrastructure facilities that the authorities boast of having during the admission time.

The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) is set to introduce sweeping reforms in the higher education sector for the upcoming sessions. As per the proposed reforms, educational institutes will have to show an added sense of accountability and transparency.