Friday, 31 August 2018
Tuesday, 28 August 2018
UGC frames rules to rein in rating agencies
UGC frames rules to rein in rating agencies
Hyderabad: The newly notified University Grants Commission (Recognition and Monitoring of Assessment and Accreditation Agencies) Regulations, 2018, are expected to prevent the rat race among the private assessment and rating agencies in ranking the higher educational institutions (HEI).
That apart, there are independent statutory bodies for Chartered Accountants, Company Secretaries, Pharmacy, Nursing, Law and other professions. These agencies take care of maintaining the educational and professional standards in their respective domains.
But, for over more than a decade, private agencies have mushroomed as assessment and ranking agencies. "The private agencies are behind building the popular listings like top 100 engineering colleges, top medical colleges in the country and the like. Several colleges from the private sectors have started going after them to see their names in the national rankings,” the officials said.
Several private higher education institutions, whose standards are not very high, figured in the national rankings of these agencies. For example, an engineering college in Ghatkesar and another from Medchal have figured among the top 100 and top 150 engineering colleges in the country.
But, "the admissions for the academic year 2018-2019 speak a different story. Except in one or two branches, more than 40 per cent of seats in these colleges remained vacant,” the officials said. It is not the one case, the government-run institutions like Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad (JNTU-H), Osmania University (OU), Andhra University (AU), Sri Venkateswara University (SVU) and the like had received higher rankings in the NIFR. Similarly, the constituent colleges of these universities have also improved their rankings under the NBA as well as NIFR and NAAC.
But, "In quite a contrast, the government-run HEIs ended up much below in the rankings of the private colleges. Thus, these rankings would not help either the students or parents to take an informed decision. Besides, such rankings question the very credibility of assessment and ranking processes,” they pointed out.
It was against this backdrop that the new regulations provide that only the government and semi-government agencies, companies registered under charitable provisions of the Companies Act, 2013, Indian Trusts Act or Indian Societies Registration Act alone are eligible to apply to become Assessment and Accreditation (A&A) agencies.
They also need to take prior approval under the new regulations. Besides, they should also show their professional competency and their operations should not have a conflict of interest. In addition to this, violation of the regulations invites penalties. When contacted, TSCHE Chairman Prof T Papi Reddy said, “We need to wait and see how the rules are going to be implemented to achieve the anticipated results,” he said.
According to officials in the Telangana State Council for Higher Education (TSCHE), currently there are statutory assessment, accreditation and ranking entities like the National Board of Accreditation (NBA), National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), National Institution of Ranking Framework (NIRF) and Distance Education Council of India (DECI). These agencies are either backed by the statutes of the University Grants Commission (UGC), All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) or Union HRD Ministry.
AICTE draft policy for mandatory internship
AICTE draft policy for mandatory internship
To have option for full term and part-time internship
From the current session an engineering student will have to compulsorily undertake 600 to 700 hours of internship during their four-year B Tech programme while the students enrolled in diploma level engineering programmes will have to complete 450-500 hours of internship, the AICTE has proposed.
According to a draft internship policy and guidelines formulated by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), students will have option to either go for a full-time internship or part time.
Students internship programmes will start from their second semester.
“A minimum of 14-20 credits of internship/entrepreneurial activities/project work/seminar and inter/intra institutional training may be counted toward B Tech degree programme and 10-16 credits for three year diploma programme,” the council proposed in its draft guidelines.
With the council proposing to make one credit equivalent to minimum 40-45 hours of work, a full time intern is expected to spend 40-45 hours per week on internship, training, project work, seminar and other activities.
“This will result in 600 to 700 hours of total internship duration for the B Tech and 450-500 hours of diploma,” the council said.
A student can undertake full-time internship in the summer vacation.
Source: https://www.deccanherald.com/national/aicte-draft-policy-mandatory-689678.html
To have option for full term and part-time internship
From the current session an engineering student will have to compulsorily undertake 600 to 700 hours of internship during their four-year B Tech programme while the students enrolled in diploma level engineering programmes will have to complete 450-500 hours of internship, the AICTE has proposed.
According to a draft internship policy and guidelines formulated by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), students will have option to either go for a full-time internship or part time.
Students internship programmes will start from their second semester.
“A minimum of 14-20 credits of internship/entrepreneurial activities/project work/seminar and inter/intra institutional training may be counted toward B Tech degree programme and 10-16 credits for three year diploma programme,” the council proposed in its draft guidelines.
With the council proposing to make one credit equivalent to minimum 40-45 hours of work, a full time intern is expected to spend 40-45 hours per week on internship, training, project work, seminar and other activities.
“This will result in 600 to 700 hours of total internship duration for the B Tech and 450-500 hours of diploma,” the council said.
A student can undertake full-time internship in the summer vacation.
Source: https://www.deccanherald.com/national/aicte-draft-policy-mandatory-689678.html
Lack of resources restrict IITs from mentoring local engineering colleges
Monday, 27 August 2018
Tuesday, 21 August 2018
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Startup fever in IIT-B, but over 50% still dream of going abroad
Thursday, 16 August 2018
Tuesday, 14 August 2018
AICTE chairman stresses on new initiatives to encourage innovation
AICTE chairman stresses on new initiatives to encourage innovation
PTI | Aug 14, 2018, 08.15 AM IST
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KOLKATA:
All India Council for Technical Education Chairman Anil
Sahasrabudhe has stressed on the congregation of the new initiatives of
AICTE and Indian National Academy of Engineers (INAE) to encourage
innovation.
Sahasrabudhe was speaking on the Centre's move to encourage
innovation at the 2nd Indian National Academy of Engineers Youth
conclave at the IIT Kharagpur yesterday.
He said important schemes have been initiated by AICTE, the nationallevel
council for technical education in the country, to improve laboratory
condition of institutions while distinguished fellows can now visit other
centres for a full semester and claim reimbursement.
The research fellows will also be provided travel grant for presenting their research paper at conferences, he said.
Sahasrabudhe also said in a message to the conclave souvenir, the recent 'Smart India Hackathon' initiative by the AICTEs and
MHRD involved Under Graduation students of technical institutions.
The 'Smart India Hackathon' was aimed at solving challenging problems of different government departments and ministries
and state governments and engage with young students for creating worlds largest open innovation model, he said.
The AICTE chief said, "Many countries such as Canada, Australia, South Korea and Singapore have shown keen interest in
participating under this banner. Certainly, these exercises help bring awareness and fundamental skills among students and
help build the foundation for future innovation and skill development."
Students from different institutes competed in six sections at the Youth conclave which ended on August 12.
The students made their presentation at the finals on August 11-12.
While the School of Aeronautics, Neemrana, won the top prize for Optimising Food Chain Aspects in which students were
asked to devise a product to store farm produce, Future Institute of Engineering and Management, Kolkata won the first prize in
the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan category in which students had to segregate household waste.
The IIT KGP team lifted the first prize for 'Town Planning. In the Mobile Application Development category, IIT KGP won the top
prize for both healthcare app development and digitisation of agriculture.
IIT KGP Director Partha Pratim Chakrabarti pointed out that this era is the time of convergence where people from different
sectors work together to solve complex problems for technical and social excellence."
INAE President B N Suresh asked students to make full use of the conclave and interact with others.
Around 300 students from all over the country participated at the conclave.
Monday, 13 August 2018
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