Govt puts up list of fake technical colleges
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, January 20
In a bid to check bogus technical colleges duping students by offering diplomas and degrees in various courses, the state government has put the names of such educational institutions on a website and issued guidelines in this regard.
An official spokesman said a list of those technical education institutions which were ‘not approved’ by the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) was available on the web-site of AICTE at www.aicte-india.org, under the link ‘Statistics’, sub-link ‘Unapproved Institutions’. Similarly, the list of ‘fake universities’ is also available on the web-site of University Grants Commission (UGC) at www.ugc.ac.in under the link ‘For Students’, sub-link ‘Fake Universities’.
He said the lists of unapproved technical institutions and fake universities were updated regularly on their websites by the AICTE and UGC, respectively.
The spokesman said the lists of approved technical education institutions in Haryana were also available on the web-site of the Technical Education Department www.techeduhry.gov.in.
He said that as per provisions of the AICTE (Grant of Approvals for Technical Education) Regulations, 2016, the technical institutions would not be named in such a way that the abbreviated form of the name of the technical institution becomes IIM or IIT or IISc or NIT or AICTE or UGC or MHRD or Government of India.
The spokesman said as per the state government’s notification dated May 21,2009, the degree or diploma technical courses acquired through distance education mode were not a valid qualification for initial appointment or promotion in government jobs. The same is available on the website of Technical Education Department, Haryana, under the link ‘Latest News’.
He said that only such institutions which are offering Diploma or Under Graduate or Post Graduate degree technical courses in Haryana with the approval or recognition by the regulatory bodies like the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE), Pharmacy Council of India, Architectural Council of India, University Grants Commission (UGC) and affiliating bodies like the Haryana State Board of Technical Education (HSBTE) or state universities or recognized private universities, fall under the category of approved institutions and such courses are approved. The diploma certificates or degree in the field of technical education which are not approved by the regulatory bodies concerned or obtained through distance education are not accepted as a valid qualification for government jobs in the state.
He advised the students pursuing technical education with the institutions or aspiring to take admission in institutions for technical education to ensure about the status of approval of the institution and programme concerned from www.techeduhry.gov.in; www.aicte-india.org or www.ugc.ac.in.
