The decision on constituting the high-level committee was apparently taken to verify whether or not the engineering colleges were functioning in accordance with the AICTE norms to impart quality education
Firm on cracking the whip on engineering colleges that fall short of stipulated norms to offer quality education, the government is formulating a high-level supervisory committee and also district and regional level inspection committees.
The State level committee with senior IAS officer S.K. Sinha, IPS officer Umesh Sharaf, Secretary, Council of Higher Education and Commissioner, Technical Education, will evaluate the reports submitted by the district and regional inspection committees on the standards in the engineering colleges, sources said.
The decision on constituting the high-level committee was apparently taken to verify whether or not the engineering and other professional colleges were functioning indeed in accordance with the AICTE norms to impart quality education.
Engineering College Chennai
The three-tier inspection committees were felt necessary as it had become commonplace to give favourable reports despite the colleges woefully lacking in standards, sources said. Meanwhile, Deputy Chief Minister C. Damodar Rajanarasimha, who holds the Higher
Engineering Industry
Education portfolio, met Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy and apprised him of his discussions with the managements of engineering college to finalise the amount to be paid by the government towards fee reimbursement, irrespective of the fee structure in the individual colleges. They also discussed the EAMCET counselling schedule with education department officials.
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