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Hindustan Times | India news | Feb 11, 2023 | By Fareeha Iftikhar
The new rules will be reflected in the AICTE’s approval process
handbook that is likely to be released by the end of this month. The
AICTE in the past had asked all affiliated engineering colleges to
promote these courses by interacting with industry experts, introducing
compulsory internships, and providing hands-on experience.
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New Delhi: To boost admissions in core
engineering courses, including civil, mechanical and electronics, the
All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) will now allow students
pursuing these programmes flexibility to also pursue a minor degree in
any emerging area, council chairperson TG Sitharam said. “India cannot
become the viswa guru, or a global leader in technology without core
engineering courses. Therefore, we have come up with some schemes this
time,” he said on Friday during a virtual interaction with stakeholders
before finalizing the approval process for the 2023-24 academic session.
“We want to provide greater flexibility to students by throwing open
all minor courses for all engineering disciplines, so that a civil
engineering student can minor in information and technology and become
job ready,” Sitharam said. “Otherwise, what is happening today, even
including in IITs, all these people are trying in the industry for the
emerging areas. Instead of that, we thought they can earn 18 to 20
credits by pursuing a minor degree in emerging areas while pursuing
their programme.” The minor degree concept was introduced by the
regulator of technical education in 2020-21 to make students ready to
work in industry. However, not all minor courses are open for core
engineering students. The new rules will be reflected in the AICTE’s
approval process handbook that is likely to be released by the end of
this month. There have been concerns that popularity of core engineering
courses have been decreasing in the past few years. The AICTE in the
past had asked all affiliated engineering colleges to promote these
courses by interacting with industry experts, introducing compulsory
internships, and providing hands-on experience.
The council will also hold
discussions with industry experts regarding the changes, the AICTE
chairperson said. “Every year, the percentage of admissions in core
engineering branches were going down. But last year, the graph moved
upward. We will soon put the data in the public domain,” AICTE member
secretary Rajive Kumar said. “This year, we are going to give more
emphasis on minor degrees while giving approvals. We request
colleges to start minors to give an opportunity to students to pursue
one or two minors in their fields of interest and become more
employable.” The council will also allow teachers of core engineering
courses to take a10-credit online course on emerging areas for the
upcoming academic session and get certified. “This will allow these
teachers to teach these minor courses in emerging areas within their
department rather than depending on new faculty,” Sitharam said.
Source :- https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/aicte-set-to-ease-norms-to-boost-admissions-in-core-engg-courses-101676139496731.html
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