Lok Sabha Question No. 1050 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-26
Subject: Opening of New Engineering Colleges
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Manoj Kishorbhai Kotak, Thomas Chazhikadan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1050 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.07.2021

Opening of New Engineering Colleges

## 1050. SHRI MANOJ KOTAK:

## SHRI THOMAS CHAZHIKADAN:

## Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is a fact that All India Council for Technical Education(AICTE) has stopped giving permission to open new colleges on engineering education in India till 2022;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and reasons therefor;
- (c) the number of seats surrendered by Private Colleges/ Government Colleges or cancelled by AICTE in the last three years, year-wise;
- (d) the  steps  taken  or  proposed  to  be  taken  by  AICTE  to  improve  quality  in engineering education and to push up employability rate from the existing 2528 percent among engineering graduates?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF EDUCATION

## (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

(a)& (b): Yes Sir. In view of the large number of vacant seats in various programs and the likely future demand, All India Council for Technical Education(AICTE) will not accept fresh applications for setting up new Engineering institutions till 2022. However, AICTE is  giving  approval  to  new  engineering  colleges  only  in  emerging  areas  in  aspiring districts.  Approval  is  also  given  to  institutes  where  engineering  is  added  as  new programme  in  emerging  areas.  In  addition, approval  is also given if any  State Government  wishes to start engineering degree/ diploma programme  in  highly employable vocational disciplines.

- (c):    The  details  of  the  number  of  seats  surrendered  by  Private  Colleges/  Government Colleges or cancelled by AICTE in the last three years is as under:
- (d)  In order to provide quality education to engineering students, AICTE has introduced a number of measures to provide a thrust to improve quality of technical education in the country.  The  quality  initiatives  include  exam  reforms,  mandatory  internship,  induction program for students, revision of model curriculum, Teachers' Training policy, Mandatory  Accreditation,  Industry  Readiness  Mandatory  Cell,  Faculty  Development Schemes,  Institutional  Development  Schemes,  Research  &  Innovation  Development Schemes and Student Development Schemes.

| Academic Year                                                  | 2019-20   | 2020-21   | 2021-22   |
|----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Intake reduced by the institute + closure of course/ institute |           |           |           |
| In Private Institutions (A)                                    | 106,322   | 201,917   | 13,937    |
| In Government Institutions (B)                                 | 6,391     | 14,909    | 120,934   |
| Total A+B=(C)                                                  | 112,713   | 216,826   | 134,871   |
| AICTE cancelled seats (D)                                      | 73,531    | 13,129    | 11,816    |
| Total C + D=(E)                                                | 186,244   | 229,955   | 146,687   |

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