Government To Amend AICTE Act

New Delhi: After much delay, the government has decided to amend the All Indian Council of Technical Education (AICTE) Act to undo a Supreme Court ruling which had stripped the council of its powers to approve institutes offering technical courses.

An interim arrangement would be put in place till then where AICTE would set standards for technical institutes and universities would provide the affiliation. The institutes on their part would have to get themselves assessed by the National Board of Accreditation.

Disclosing this to reporters here today, higher education secretary in HRD ministry Ashok Thakur said the amendments and the interim arrangements have received the law ministry's nod.

"The amendment would basically restore the earlier powers of AICTE," he said without elaborating further.

He though conceded that the amendment would take its time to go through given the ensuing Lok Sabha polls.

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