Lok Sabha Question No. 1512 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-05
Subject: Technical College in Bihar
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: SANJAY JAISWAL

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1512 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.03.2018

## Technical College in Bihar

1512. DR. SANJAY JAISWAL:

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

- (a) the  current  scenario  of  Technical  Colleges  (Management,  Technical  and  Other Technical related) in Bihar and the ranking of the State in the country;
- (b) the details and the number of students studying in other States of the country; and
- (c) whether the Government observed this phenomenon and if so, the steps taken/ being taken by the Government to address this issue?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

(DR. SATYA PAL SINGH)

- (a): The  current  scenario  of  Technical  Colleges  i.e.  details  regarding  AICTE  approved Technical and Management Institutions in Bihar for Academic Year 2017-18 is as follows:

|   Sl. No. | Academic Program         |   Number of Institutions |   Total intake of students |   Faculty Strength |
|-----------|--------------------------|--------------------------|----------------------------|--------------------|
|         1 | Engineering & Technology |                       91 |                      28834 |               3093 |
|         2 | Management               |                       26 |                       2305 |                304 |
|         3 | Pharmacy                 |                        4 |                        338 |                 73 |

Further, the details regarding ranking of Higher Educational Institutions from Bihar in India Rankings, 2017 are as follows:

|   Sl. No. | Category    | Institute and Rank                       |
|-----------|-------------|------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Overall     | Indian Institute of Technology Patna- 83 |
|         2 | Engineering | Indian Institute of Technology Patna- 19 |

(b): There are a total of 35,20,396 students studying in AICTE approved institutions in all the other Indian States and UTs except for Bihar. Their course-wise and state-wise details are available on AICTE Dashboard at https://www.facilities.aicteindia.org/dashboard/pages/dashboardaicte.php .

(c) : The Government is committed to maintaining and enhancing the level of education in Higher  Educational  Institutions  including  Technical  Institutions.  In  order  to  fulfil  the objective,  the  Government  has  established  premier  engineering  institutions  like  Indian Institute of Technology, Patna, National Institute of Technology, Patna, Central University of  South  Bihar,  Patna  and  many  other  Institutes.  Moreover,  Various  schemes,  namely, Rashtriya  Uchchatar  Shiksha  Abhiyan  (RUSA),  Global  Initiative  for  Academics  Network (GIAN),  Impacting  Research,  Innovation  &  Technology  (IMPRINT),  Technical  Education Quality Improvement Programme(TEQIP), Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya National Mission on  Teachers  and  Teaching  (PMMMNMTT)  Study  Webs  of  Active-Learning  for  Young Aspiring Minds (SWAYAM),  National Digital Library, campus  connect  programme, Uchhatar Avishkar Abhiyan, Unnat Bharat Abhiyan, Institutes of Eminence (IoE) are being implemented to improve the quality of higher education in the country.

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