Pvt B-schools criticise revised AICTE norms

Updated on: Tuesday, February 08, 2011

The revised AICTE norms under which state governments will conduct entrance test to management institutes has come under severe criticism from private B-schools who have described it as a "bankrupt idea".

"State government machineries do not have the necessary wherewithal to conduct such tests. Assigning state governments to conduct entrance tests will ruin timely admission and start of the academic session," Education Promotion Society of India
(EPSI) president H Chaturvedi.
Chaturvedi, who led a delegation of management institutes heads which met HRD Minister Kapil Sibal last week to express their opposition over the new AICTE norms, said the move will "push back the clock of management education" in the country.

According to the new AICTE norms announced by Sibal on December 31 last year, admission to PG diploma courses and certificate programme shall be done through common entrance test such as CAT/MAT or examinations conducted by the
respective state governments for all institutes others than minority institutes.

Chaturvedi said unaided institutes have the sole right to hold their tests and claimed the union government's decision will also go against the Supreme Court ruling.

He also flayed AICTE's revised norm which mandates the management institute to start admission process after March 31 and start of the academic session by June 1.

"This is a period when universities conduct final examinations. How could a management aspirant spare time during this period for group discussions etc," he said.

Holding that the revised norms will dilute autonomous status of management institutes, he regretted that neither they nor any industry body was consulted before the norms were finalised.

Chaturvedi also criticised the decision about approval of fees for the management courses including the executive programme by state-level fee committee of respective state government.

"In most states, fee committees are either not working properly or are under control of corrupt officials. These committees have so far not notified detailed process or parameters of fee fixation," he said.

Meanwhile, the All India Management Society (AIMS) also regretted the decision at a national convention on management education here today.

While EPSI has more than 250 management schools as its members, approximately 500 B-schools are a part of AIMS.

Criticising the revised AICTE norms, educationist and former IIM-Ahmadabad director Bakul Dholakia said, "AICTE notification will lead to complete collapse of management education within next five years."

Pvt B-schools criticise revised AICTE norms

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