“Now tech institutes can run Skill Development courses”


Bhubaneswar: When technical institutes across the country are struggling to run owing to the fall in student intake each passing year, the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) has come up with the idea of allowing these institutions to impart courses on c.

An official notification in this regard has been issued by the apex body for technical education recently.

“Engineering colleges can also offer government-approved certificate courses on Skill Development Programmes, which in turn will make the students employable. This will certainly lessen the gap between the demand and supply ratio of skilled students in several industries. I am glad that the Centre has amended the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) regulations to this effect,” AICTE chairman Anil Sahasrabudhe said on the sidelines of attending the Regional Convention on Polytechnic Education in Eastern States at Bhubaneswar.

He also pointed to the fact that such technical institutes will need to take prior approval from the AICTE for offering such programmes under the National Council for Vocational Training.

The technical education regulator has notified the amendment in an official gazette recently with approval of the Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry.

Dignitaries attending the event said, AICTE has already allowed nearly 500 polytechnics across the country to offer skill development certificate programmes from their campuses.

“The institutes must maintain the quality and standards of the approved programmes that they currently conduct and the skill development courses they would be offering henceforth,” an official said.



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