More engineering colleges want to shut shop: AICTE
6 years, 7 months ago

More engineering colleges want to shut shop: AICTE

Deccan Chronicle  

TIRUCHY: The All India Council for Technical Education has introduced common entrance examination nationwide for B.E. He said while many states accepted the AICTE’s attempt, States like Tamil Nadu and West Bengal vehemently opposed this move. He said that there are 3,300 Engineering colleges and 3,000 polytechnics in the country of which 50 per cent seats go unfilled in these technical educational institutions every year. Every year, at least 200 technical education in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states come for closure of their institutions, followed by states like Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu.He said that India is set to witness a rush to set up Pharma institutes. Of the 750 applications received by the AICTE this year for setting up new institutes, about 600 alone are for Pharma institutes.

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Hindustan Times  

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Hindustan Times  

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