Few takers, AICTE to shut engg colleges
New Delhi, August 11
With over 27 lakh seats lying vacant in various engineering colleges across the country, the AICTE today said it had decided to close down technical colleges that recorded less than 30 per cent admissions over the last five years.
Anil D Sahasrabuddhe, chairman of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), regulator for technical education in the country, today said such colleges would be closed down from the next year.
“In the past few years, the ACRE has been actively working on reducing the number of engineering institutions across the country due to poor demand and falling quality of education,” he said at a two-day world education summit.
“We have also reduced the penalty for closing down an engineering institution that was a deterrent for many colleges willing to shut amid poor demand,” he said.
According to ACTED data, there are 10,361 AICTE-approved engineering institutions in the country with a total intake capacity of over 37 lakh students. Out of this, 27 lakh seats are lying vacant. — PTI
