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The Supreme Court has stayed the High Court verdict directing the A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technological University (KTU), Thiruvananthapuram, to contemplate the functions submitted by varied self-financing engineering faculties in search of affiliation for beginning further undergraduate courses in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning and Block Chain.
The keep order got here on a particular depart petition filed by the KTU difficult the High Court judgment. The college in its petition mentioned the motion of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) in sanctioning new courses to the petitioner establishments with no examine on the themes and with out consultations with the State authorities/college/board was in violation of the provisions of the AICTE Act.
The petition mentioned the college choice was in keeping with the State authorities choice on this regard. The State authorities had determined to grant new courses within the present engineering faculties provided that they fulfill sure circumstances. They are the new courses ought to have NBA accreditation, admission within the earlier years ought to be greater than 50% of the sanctioned consumption and new courses proposed ought to be revolutionary.
These circumstances are imposed in view of the truth that the demand for engineering undergraduate courses in personal self-financing faculties has drastically come down within the final one decade. There had been an alarming decline within the consumption in personal self-financing engineering faculties in the course of the educational yr 2018-19 and 2019-20.
A examine carried out by educational consultants within the engineering subject which was reported to the federal government mentioned that the low price of admission would make the establishments financially not viable and consequently compromise on college and infrastructure. It would result in undermining the already depleted requirements of training.
The examine opined that indiscriminate sanctioning of courses in establishments which have been under requirements was towards the curiosity of society at giant. In reality, the circumstances for beginning new further courses was relevant solely to establishments which didn’t have NBA accreditation. The choice had been communicated to the AICTE.
The petitioner faculties may aspire for new courses solely after getting NBA accreditation for the present courses, the petition added.
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