Mohammed Younus/ Hyderabad : With Supreme Court permitting the second phase of Eamcet counselling, most of the engineering colleges in the State are now obliged to meet the criteria prescribed by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) to complete the admission process before November 14. The criterion involves qualified faculty, good infrastructure and laboratories among a host of other important subjects.
Nearly 174 engineering colleges were earlier denied permission to participate in the first phase of counselling citing shortcomings in the criteria following inspection by Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University of Hyderabad (JNTUH). On Tuesday, the two-member SC bench observed that if college managements fulfilled AICTE norms, only then would they be allowed to participate in the second phase of counselling. The colleges were earlier restrained from participating in the counselling citing poor educational standards like lack of qualified faculty and failure to follow AICTE’s prescribed norms.
JNTUH Academic Audit Cell member A Damodaram said that their University did not have any separate norms but it follows AICTE norms and carries out inspections at engineering colleges on a similar basis. He said that they would start inspecting 174 colleges in question after Supreme Court gave clear instructions in this regard. In its remarks, the SC bench asked the colleges to assure fulfilment of AICTE norms and submit an affidavit to the court that they would adhere to all mandatory instructions necessary to run a private technical institute.
The student/faculty ratio differs from subject to subject and department. At the same time the land required for an ideal campus in rural areas is different from that of urban area. Before the announcement of first phase of engineering counselling, JNTUH restrained around 174 colleges from participating in the counselling. They were allowed at a later date, but the counselling was over by then.
Nearly 174 engineering colleges were earlier denied permission to participate in the first phase of counselling citing shortcomings in the criteria following inspection by Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University of Hyderabad (JNTUH). On Tuesday, the two-member SC bench observed that if college managements fulfilled AICTE norms, only then would they be allowed to participate in the second phase of counselling. The colleges were earlier restrained from participating in the counselling citing poor educational standards like lack of qualified faculty and failure to follow AICTE’s prescribed norms.
JNTUH Academic Audit Cell member A Damodaram said that their University did not have any separate norms but it follows AICTE norms and carries out inspections at engineering colleges on a similar basis. He said that they would start inspecting 174 colleges in question after Supreme Court gave clear instructions in this regard. In its remarks, the SC bench asked the colleges to assure fulfilment of AICTE norms and submit an affidavit to the court that they would adhere to all mandatory instructions necessary to run a private technical institute.
The student/faculty ratio differs from subject to subject and department. At the same time the land required for an ideal campus in rural areas is different from that of urban area. Before the announcement of first phase of engineering counselling, JNTUH restrained around 174 colleges from participating in the counselling. They were allowed at a later date, but the counselling was over by then.
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