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PREFACE |
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All India Council for Technical
Education has been established under the Act, 1987,
with the view of proper planning and coordinated development
of the technical education system throughout the country,
the promotion of qualitative improvement of such education
in relation to the planned quantitative growth and the
regulation and proper maintenance of norms and standards
in the technical education system and for matters connected
therewith. |
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Clause 10(i), Chapter - III of
the Act, provides that the Council shall lay down norms
and standards for courses, curricula, physical and instructional
facilities, staff pattern, staff qualifications, quality
instructions, assessment and examinations. |
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Further Clause 10(u) provides that
the Council shall set up a National Board of Accreditation
to periodically conduct evaluation of technical institutions
or programmes on the basis of guidelines, norms and
standards specified by it and to make recommendation
to it, or the Council, or the commission or to other
bodies, regarding recognition or de-recognition of the
institution or the programme. |
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The Council therefore, has a statutory
responsibility and authority to lay down norms and standards
for programmes in all branches of Engineering and Technology,
Architecture and Town & Country Planning, Pharmacy,
Hotel Management and Catering Technology, Management
and Technician (Polytechnic) Education. The Council,
accordingly prescribed norms and standards in 1990 and
published 5 documents in the major disciplines (except
in Hotel Management and Catering Technology and Town
& Country Planning). |
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The Council undertook the revision
in November 1994 through respective All India Boards
of Studies and their sub-committees. Before finalization
of the revised norms and standards, the draft and documents
were discussed in the National Workshops between May
and July, 1995. The All India Board of Studies in July
1995 adopted the final version of the revised norms
and standards 1995 and finally the Council gave its
approval to them. |
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Separate regulations/guidelines are provided by the
AICTE in respect of the following: |
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Staff
qualifications and pay scales etc. are notified
by the Government of India and AICTE from time
to time. AICTE has already constituted a high
power committee for this purpose. |
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Fee
structure for unaided institutions are prescribed
by the State Government through State Level Standing
Committees set up by AICTE in consultations with
the State Governments. For aided institutions,
the University Departments and the Government
Institutions, the Council is presently holding
discussions with the State Governments |
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Procedure
for admission of the detailed syllabi are given
in norms and standards. The institution may take
up the revision of syllabi through respective
Board of Studies of the Universities. The Council
is funding seven Quality Improvement Programme
(QIP) centers located at five Indian Institutes
of Technology, University of Roorkee and Indian
Institute of Science, Bangalore which are continuously
engaged in preparation of detailed syllabi etc.
for Engineering and Technology degree education.
Likewise, the Curriculum Development Centres of
four Technical Teachers Training Institutes at
Chandigarh, Bhopal, Madras and Calcutta are also
being funded by the Council to deal with the syllabi
etc. in Polytechnic education. |
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The Council acknowledges the services
rendered by Professor B.P. Singh, Senior Consultant
in this task. |
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J.P. Gupta
Member Secretary
All India Council for Technical Education
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