A total of 4,145 seats have been added to engineering programmes in Tamil Nadu this academic year, according to by the report provided by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE).
As many as 42 institutes have been given sanction to escalate the intake from 2,425 seats last year to 6,570 seats in UG courses, giving a fillip to engineering education. Overall, seats have been escalated in 69 institutions, which include some diploma and post-graduate programmes.
Across various institutions, seats in pharmacy and management education have been increased, both at the UG and PG levels. For diploma programmes in management or pharmacy, no seats have been increased.
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Likewise, there is no increase in the number of seats in architecture or in hotel management and catering technology programmes either. The increase in the number of seats is nothing to cheer about, say, teachers.
“The periodic releases from the AICTE is not news. We want to know what procedures are in place to ensure the quality of education, implement fee structure or in the proper administration of colleges,” says K.M.Karthik, president, Private Educational Institutions Employees Association. The association has been seeking the court’s help to address its grievances.
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