AICTE Directs Colleges to Slash Student Intake by 25-50% for 'Not Following Norms'

The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has directed certain government and aided polytechnic colleges to reduce their student intake by 25-50 percent. AICTE has acted against these colleges for not following certain rules on issues like shortage of teachers, lack of proper laboratories and libraries, insufficient administrative area and display boards.

AICTE has, in fact, put some of the colleges in the ‘no admission’ category.

The exact number of seats reduced by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) is yet to be confirmed, but it is being speculated that approximately 8,000 seats have been slashed out of the total of 36,000 polytechnic seats offered in 141 government and 19 aided polytechnics for 2019-20.

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Mr. R C Rajput, Director of State Technical Education, Uttar Pradesh has said that they have challenged the decision taken by AICTE as it will affect all the candidates aiming to take admission into the institutions. He further added that a meeting will take place on December 26, 2018 where the issue will be discussed and remedial steps will be taken.

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Considering the issue, Mr. Bhuvnesh Kumar, Secretary of the Technical Education Department, Uttar Pradesh also said that there were certain problems regarding the appointment of teachers in the past. They demanded that their appointment should be done as per AICTE norms. But the service rules were the old ones. However, now according to AICTE norms, the service rules have to be amended, which will take 6-8 months approximately. The service rules have to be re-drafted and examined by the Personnel department, which will later be handled by the Finance department and the Cabinet. The final amendment will be then done once it is approved by the Cabinet.