Lok Sabha Question No. 3165 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-05
Subject: Self Financing Educational Institutions
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: M. K. RAGHAVAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3165 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.12.2016

## Self Financing Educational Institutions

## 3165. SHRI M.K. RAGHAVAN:

## Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has brought out any statistics on the mushrooming of self financed educational institutions especially in technical education in the country;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  of  such  institutions  in  fields  of  engineering,  business  management, etc. Statewise during the last three years and the current year;
- (c) the steps taken by the Government to ensure a standard in the imparting of education in these institutes and raise their standards like National Institutes of Technologies (NITs); and
- (d) the steps taken to stop commercialisation of higher education in the country?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (DR. MAHENDRA NATH PANDEY)

(a) & (b): As per the records maintained by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), there is an  overall  decline  in  the  number  of  AICTE  approved  technical  institutions  for  both  UG  and  PG Courses from 2013-14 to 2016-17. The details thereof are at annexure.

(c): The Government through AICTE is continuously endeavoring to enhance the quality of education in  technical  institutes  to  bring  them  at  par  with  the  premier  institutes  in  the  country  through  the following interventions:

- i) Improving the quality of education by making accreditation by National Board of Accreditation (NBA) mandatory,
2. ii) Implementing  Study  Web  of  Active  Learning  for  Young  Aspiring  Minds  (SWAYAM)  and National Digital Library (NDL).
3. iii) Implementing Quality Improvement Program (QIP) and Faculty Development Program (FDP) to enhance the quality of faculty in the technical institutes.
4. iv) Carrying out the Start-up Policy, 2016 to nurture the entrepreneurial talent of students.
- v) Implementing National Employment  Enhancement Mission  (NEEM)  and  Employment Enhancement Training Programme (EETP) to enhance the employability of the students.

(d) : All the institutes approved by AICTE have to adhere to the norms and guidelines prescribed in AICTE Approval Process Handbook. Any institute, violating these norms and guidelines is liable for punitive actions as prescribed in AICTE Approval Process Handbook, which is up to withdrawal of approval. Further, all the State & U.T. Governments have been directed to ensure compliance with the recommendations of Justice B.N. Srikrishna Committee regarding maximum tuition and development fee for technical institutions.

## ANNEXURE AS REFERRED TO IN PART (A) & (B) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3165 FOR 05.12.2016 ASKED BY SHRI M.K. RAGHAVAN REGARDING SELF FINANCING EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

| STATE/UT               |   APPROVED INSTITUTE FOR 2013-14 |   APPROVED INSTITUTE FOR 2014-15 |   APPROVED INSTITUTE FOR 2015-16 |   APPROVED INSTITUTE FOR 2016-17 |
|------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh         |                              758 |                              754 |                              744 |                              735 |
| Arunachal Pradesh      |                                1 |                                1 |                                1 |                                1 |
| Assam                  |                               10 |                               10 |                               13 |                               13 |
| Bihar                  |                               31 |                               35 |                               41 |                               45 |
| Chandigarh             |                                1 |                                1 |                                1 |                                1 |
| Chhattisgarh           |                               68 |                               71 |                               75 |                               72 |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli |                                2 |                                2 |                                2 |                                2 |
| Delhi                  |                               53 |                               53 |                               55 |                               50 |
| Goa                    |                                8 |                                8 |                                8 |                                8 |
| Gujarat                |                              333 |                              344 |                              347 |                              339 |
| Haryana                |                              420 |                              405 |                              396 |                              366 |
| Himachal Pradesh       |                               62 |                               60 |                               58 |                               50 |
| Jammu and Kashmir      |                               16 |                               18 |                               18 |                               17 |
| Jharkhand              |                               29 |                               36 |                               34 |                               37 |
| Karnataka              |                              576 |                              560 |                              565 |                              561 |
| Kerala                 |                              221 |                              233 |                              240 |                              246 |
| Madhya Pradesh         |                              435 |                              431 |                              428 |                              433 |
| Maharashtra            |                             1376 |                             1404 |                             1400 |                             1406 |
| Meghalaya              |                                3 |                                3 |                                3 |                                3 |
| Odisha                 |                              254 |                              252 |                              252 |                              249 |
| Puducherry             |                               18 |                               20 |                               21 |                               21 |
| Punjab                 |                              328 |                              327 |                              327 |                              324 |
| Rajasthan              |                              392 |                              383 |                              380 |                              352 |
| Sikkim                 |                                1 |                                1 |                                2 |                                2 |
| Tamil Nadu             |                             1244 |                             1223 |                             1209 |                             1193 |
| Telangana              |                              774 |                              752 |                              713 |                              671 |
| Tripura                |                                0 |                                1 |                                1 |                                1 |
| Uttar Pradesh          |                              906 |                              903 |                              913 |                              923 |
| Uttarakhand            |                              120 |                              112 |                              110 |                              113 |
| West Bengal            |                              158 |                              162 |                              167 |                              170 |
| Grand Total            |                             8598 |                             8565 |                             8524 |                             8404 |