140 Engg colleges get 1 month to reply for showcause notices

Updated on: Thursday, January 27, 2011

All the 140 colleges that were issued showcause notices by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) have been given one month time to reply, Anna University, vice-chancellor P Mannar Jawahar said.

The notices were issued after the institutions were found to be functioning without proper infrastructure such as inadequate land and human resources.

The vice-chancellor, who is also the chairman of the AICTE's southern regional committee, said, the colleges that have been sent notice will have to send a detailed complaint report wherein they will have to specify the action taken to correct the shortcomings pointed out by the Council. Apart from this, these institutions have to renew their affiliation for the 2011-2012 year. Following which, an affiliation team will visit each college, furnished with a copy of the complaints report verifing whether the corrective action mentioned in the report has actually been carried out.

Indicationg that the 140 institutions had been pulled up on issues such as initiating additional intake of students and starting new courses without the required number of classrooms, lavatories or teachers, Jawahar said complaints had been received over these colleges being granted affiliation despite not having adequate resources.

The affiliation team would begin visiting colleges in the state from the last week of February. The inspection process is expected to be completed by June, he stated.

140 Engg colleges get 1 month to reply for showcause notices

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