<p>In an effort to enhance the quality of technical education imparted in unaided private engineering colleges, the Centre has planned to give financial support to these institutions.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The funds will initially be provided to 500 such colleges by the Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry under a central scheme with “matching contribution” from the state governments and the union territories concerned. Institutions to be selected under the scheme will also have to share a small part of the project cost.<br /><br />“The basic objective of the programme is to strengthen the quality of private unaided institutions to produce high-quality engineers for better employability through improvement in the quality of faculty and strengthening institutions,” sources in the ministry told Deccan Herald.<br /><br />A total of 3,241 engineering institutions are established across the country out of which more than 90 per cent are private unaided institutions. A large number of these institutions offer poor quality of education for various reasons including lack of quality faculties and infrastructure.<br /><br />Under the proposed scheme with a total outlay of Rs 2,400 crore, training will be provided to faculties for effective teaching in order to improve learning outcomes and employability of graduates. Institutional and system management effectiveness will be enhanced.<br />The unaided private engineering colleges will be invited to submit a proposal seeking benefit from the scheme. Out of them, 500 institutions will be selected on the basis of the eligibility criteria to be set by the HRD ministry and the quality of proposals submitted by them.<br /><br />Scrutiny of the eligibility of the institutions will be done at the state level by the respective governments while, evaluation of eligible proposals will be done at national level (by NPIU).<br /><br />“The project will be implemented in pursuance of the National Policy on Education, revised in 1992, through the HRD ministry as a Centrally sponsored scheme with matching contribution from the state governments and union territories. The project cost will also be shared by the private unaided institutions,” ministry sources said.<br /><br />Funding for selected private unaided institutions in all states for carrying out strengthening programmes to improve learning outcomes will be in the ratio of 60:20:20--60 per cent funding as grant from the HRD ministry, 20 per cent as grant from the state and 20 per cent funding from institutions.<br /><br />Project cost in training faculties and improve institutions’ system management will be shared between the Central government and state governments in the ratio of 75:25, except in the special category states like North-East for which the ratio will be 90:10.<br /><br />Criteria<br /><br />“A set of eligibility criteria for states will be enforced to achieve a high and sustained impact of the Project. <br /><br />“The criteria will seek to give the project institutions adequate decision making powers that will enable and encourage them to deliver quality education and undertake research in an efficient manner,” sources said.</p>
<p>In an effort to enhance the quality of technical education imparted in unaided private engineering colleges, the Centre has planned to give financial support to these institutions.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The funds will initially be provided to 500 such colleges by the Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry under a central scheme with “matching contribution” from the state governments and the union territories concerned. Institutions to be selected under the scheme will also have to share a small part of the project cost.<br /><br />“The basic objective of the programme is to strengthen the quality of private unaided institutions to produce high-quality engineers for better employability through improvement in the quality of faculty and strengthening institutions,” sources in the ministry told Deccan Herald.<br /><br />A total of 3,241 engineering institutions are established across the country out of which more than 90 per cent are private unaided institutions. A large number of these institutions offer poor quality of education for various reasons including lack of quality faculties and infrastructure.<br /><br />Under the proposed scheme with a total outlay of Rs 2,400 crore, training will be provided to faculties for effective teaching in order to improve learning outcomes and employability of graduates. Institutional and system management effectiveness will be enhanced.<br />The unaided private engineering colleges will be invited to submit a proposal seeking benefit from the scheme. Out of them, 500 institutions will be selected on the basis of the eligibility criteria to be set by the HRD ministry and the quality of proposals submitted by them.<br /><br />Scrutiny of the eligibility of the institutions will be done at the state level by the respective governments while, evaluation of eligible proposals will be done at national level (by NPIU).<br /><br />“The project will be implemented in pursuance of the National Policy on Education, revised in 1992, through the HRD ministry as a Centrally sponsored scheme with matching contribution from the state governments and union territories. The project cost will also be shared by the private unaided institutions,” ministry sources said.<br /><br />Funding for selected private unaided institutions in all states for carrying out strengthening programmes to improve learning outcomes will be in the ratio of 60:20:20--60 per cent funding as grant from the HRD ministry, 20 per cent as grant from the state and 20 per cent funding from institutions.<br /><br />Project cost in training faculties and improve institutions’ system management will be shared between the Central government and state governments in the ratio of 75:25, except in the special category states like North-East for which the ratio will be 90:10.<br /><br />Criteria<br /><br />“A set of eligibility criteria for states will be enforced to achieve a high and sustained impact of the Project. <br /><br />“The criteria will seek to give the project institutions adequate decision making powers that will enable and encourage them to deliver quality education and undertake research in an efficient manner,” sources said.</p>
