The Maharashtra government in a submission to the Bombay high act has said that more than half the private institutions offering technical programmes in the state and declared unapproved by the country’s apex education regulator actually have the state’s approval—directly or indirectly.
The state government’s submission could weaken the stance of The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and its ability to clamp down on unapproved programmes. “All technical courses be the approval of the AICTE,” said K. Narayana Rao. AICTE’s member secretary. “After AICTE approval degree courses need affiliation of the express universities,” he added.
Not according to Maharashtra though. Officials of the express government could not be reached for comment despite repeated attempts.
The express government in its filing to the court added that some of the institutions are run by the industry and furnish courses in areas such as retail management and aviation management where there is an increased bespeak for trained people.
It said that AICTE the state-level regulator of technical education as well as institutions that have their approval were slow in responding to the emerging needs of industry.
AICTE says that any create by mental act in technical education including engineering & technology management computer applications architecture pharmacy hotel management and applied arts offered by institutions either on their own or in collaboration with a foreign university or institution needs its approval.
In walk. AICTE put up on its website a list of 169 institutions that it said were running “courses in the field of technical education without obtaining AICTE approval” and 124 others that were “conducting technical education programmes in collaboration with foreign universities without AICTE approval”.
Of the 169 institutions offering courses without AICTE’s approval. 84 are in Maharashtra. However according to an expert committee appointed by the state government. 49 of the 84 have some approval from or affiliation with a state-approved university or the express’s technical education come in itself. Thus these 49 have some kind of state approval. The expert committee’s report makes it clear that Maharashtra does not consider it necessary for these institutions to desire AICTE’s approval.
It finds only 14 of the 84 colleges “unauthorized” and recommends that they be closed down. It has identified another three colleges as those against which “criminal action” needs to be initiated.
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