All India Council for Technical Education

Objectives

According to the All India Council for Technical Education, 1987, the AICTE is vested with statutory authority for planning, formulation and maintenance of norms and standards, quality assurance through school accreditation, funding in priority areas, monitoring and evaluation, maintaining parity of certification and awards and ensuring coordinated and integrated development and management of technical education in the country. In the words of the Act itself:

AICTE bureaus

The AICTE is composed of the e-Governance, Approval, Planning and Coordination, Academic, University, Administration, Finance, and Research, Institutional and Faculty Development Bureaus. There are 10 additional Board Studies dealing with technician, vocational, undergraduate engineering, postgraduate engineering and research, architecture, town and country planning, pharmacy, management, applied arts and crafts, hotel management and catering technology education. For each bureau, adviser is the bureau head who is assisted by technical officers and other supporting staff. The multidiscipline technical officer and staff of the Council are on deputation (the tenure staff uses their addresses ending in aicteindia.co.in) or on contract from government departments, University Grants Commission, academic institutions, etc.

Increase in approved institutions

Growth of Technical Institutions in the Country

Growth of Seats in different Programs in Technical Institutions

Reforms

In 2016, three important initiatives were taken up by AICTE. First one was a responsibility given by MHRD(former name of MOE)https://www.education.gov.in/ to evolve a national MOOCs platform SWAYAM.https://swayam.gov.in/ Second one is that of launching a Smart India Hackathon-2017 challenging the young bright talented students of technical colleges to solve the 598 problems of 29 different Government departments. Third one is that of launching of an AICTE's Student Start up Policy by Hon. President on 16 Nov, during visitors conference from rashtrapati Bhavan. In 2009, the Union Minister of Education formally communicated his intentions of closing down AICTE and related body, the University Grants Commission (UGC). This later led to reforms in the way the AICTE approves institutes, and to establishing the National Board of Accreditation (NBA) as an independent body.

On 6 June 2017, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that the AICTE along with the University Grants Commission would be scrapped and replaced by a new body called Higher Education Empowerment Regulation Agency (HEERA). The intent was to simplify the excessive regulations that exist due to both these bodies. According to the draft of law backed on the ideas of NITI Aayog and the Prime Minister Office, the National Council for Teacher Education was also planned to be subsumed by HEERA.

AICTE Pragati Scholarship 2025

The AICTE Pragati Scholarshiphttps://www.aicte.gov.in/schemes/students-development-schemes/Pragati/General-Instructions is a government initiative aimed at providing financial assistance to meritorious girl students pursuing technical education in India. The scheme is managed by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and is part of the Government of India's efforts to promote higher education among women.

Eligibility

The scholarship is open to girl students who have secured admission in AICTE-approved institutions. Applicants must belong to families with an annual income below the prescribed limit.

Benefits

Selected candidates receive tuition fee support, contingency allowance, and other financial assistance for the entire course duration.

References

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