Lok Sabha Question No. 2746 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-14
Subject: Decline in Inclination of Students towards Engineering
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: RATTAN LAL KATARIA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. † 2746 TO BE ANSWERED ON 14.03.2016

## Decline in Inclination of Students towards Engineering

## †2746. SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  taken  note  that  there  has  been  a  decline  in inclination  of  students  towards  engineering  and  technical  education  due  to alarming rate of unemployment in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof during the last three years and the current year;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  noticed  that  lakhs  of  seats  in  Government  and private engineering colleges of the country are lying vacant as a result thereof;
- (d) if so, the details thereof, State-wise; and
- (e) whether the Government has taken steps to strengthen quality based education system in order to increase employment opportunities in the said sector, if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

## (SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

- (a) : Yes, Madam.
- (b) : The details of number of students enrolled in Engineering/ Technical Courses at UG and PG level during the last three years are as follows:

| Academic Years           |   2012-13 |   2013-14 |   2014-15 |
|--------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| No. of students enrolled |   1009584 |    986817 |    919603 |

(c)  to  (d): The  State-wise  details  of  the  seats,  lying  vacant  in  Engineering  and  Technical Education Institutes are at Annexure.

(e): In  order  to  enhance  quality  in  technical  education,  AICTE  has  notified  'All  India Council for Technical Education (Mandatory Accreditation of all Programmes / Courses in Technical Education Institutions and University Departments & Institutions Deemed to be Universities imparting Technical Education) Regulations, 2014' vide notification F.No. 37-3/Legal/AICTE/2014 dated 29 th  January 2014.  To rationalize the expansion of courses in engineering / technical, management etc. and to bring quality in technical education, AICTE has made it mandatory to have NBA Accreditation for institutions seeking new courses / expansion of existing courses. Further to improve quality of technical education, the following activities have been introduced:

- i. Quality improvement schemes of AICTE
- ii. Study Webs of Active Learning for Young Aspiring Minds (SWAYAM)
- iii. National Digital Library (NDL)
- iv. Accreditation by National Board of Accreditation (NBA)
- v. Ranking of the Institutions.
- vi. National Employment Enhancement Mission (NEEM)

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ANNEXURE  AS  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (C)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2746 FOR 14.03.2016 ASKED BY SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA REGARDING DECLINE IN INCLINATION OF STUDENTS TOWARDS ENGINEERING

| State/UT                    |   No. of seats vacant in the year 2014-15 |
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands |                                         0 |
| Andhra Pradesh              |                                    106430 |
| Arunachal Pradesh           |                                         0 |
| Assam                       |                                      2946 |
| Bihar                       |                                      4826 |
| Chandigarh                  |                                        35 |
| Chhattisgarh                |                                     17451 |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli      |                                         1 |
| Delhi                       |                                      1946 |
| Goa                         |                                       231 |
| Gujarat                     |                                     25330 |
| Haryana                     |                                     46843 |
| Himachal Pradesh            |                                      7565 |
| Jammu and Kashmir           |                                       817 |
| Jharkhand                   |                                      2840 |
| Karnataka                   |                                     25327 |
| Kerala                      |                                     23190 |
| Madhya Pradesh              |                                     61663 |
| Maharashtra                 |                                     74523 |
| Manipur                     |                                         0 |
| Meghalaya                   |                                       223 |
| Mizoram                     |                                         0 |
| Nagaland                    |                                       240 |
| Odisha                      |                                     31711 |
| Pudducherry                 |                                      4712 |
| Punjab                      |                                     32348 |
| Rajasthan                   |                                     42825 |
| Sikkim                      |                                       255 |
| Tamil Nadu                  |                                    132728 |
| Telangana                   |                                    125480 |
| Tripura                     |                                       299 |
| Uttar Pradesh               |                                     85947 |
| Uttarakhand                 |                                      9137 |
| West Bengal                 |                                     19515 |
| Grand Total                 |                                    887384 |