Need to improve education quality in technical institutions

Updated on: Friday, April 03, 2009

Sathyamangalam: All engineering colleges should improve the quality of education urges the State Commissioner of Technical Education, V.K. Jayakodi.

Addressing at the 13th annual day celebrations of Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, he said, though the country and State has witnessed in the increase in number of engineering colleges, whereas the present need is to improve the quality.

With support from World Bank the State Government conducted quality improvement programmes in eight engineering colleges and three polytechnics as a part of the efforts to improve the quality.

It was only the first phase of the programme and the government hoped to cover more colleges in the following days, he said.

Reflecting his student days, he said the State witnessed an increase to over 300 colleges at the moment from four government-run and three government-aided engineering colleges in 1976, and a students intake from 2,000 to over a few lakhs.

As over two-third of the engineering colleges were concentrated in the four southern states and Maharashtra the rise in engineering institutions in the country doesn't seem to be uniform.

Referring to the college management and students, he said the success and popularity of a college lay not in money alone. Few things that matter most in a college are buildings, lab, equipment, well-qualified faculty and committed students.

K.G. Bakthavathsalam, chairman, KG Hospital, Coimbatore, advised the students that life was not all about earning money alone. It was also about giving, sharing and helping others.

The College Chairman S.V. Balasubramaniam said the institution ranked among the top 50 institutions according to a popular survey. He then highlighted various measures the management had taken for the betterment of students.

As many as 247 students were provided with scholarships worth Rs. 46.66 lakh.

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