The University Grants Commission (UGC), the All-India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) and other central academic bodies, on Friday, issued an advisory to vice-chancellors and principals across the country to ensure safety and protection of Kashmiri students on their campuses

COIMBATORE: A total of 55 student teams, comprising more than 400 students from colleges across the country have converged at two city colleges to participate in the finale of the third edition of Smart India Hackathon 2019, a 36-hour continuous coding competition conducted by the ministry of human resource development and All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). The hackathon is being held in 48 nodal centres across the country of which six are in the state.

AURANGABAD: The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has brought down the intake of direct admission to second-year engineering courses for diploma holders from 20 to 10% of the approved seats from the upcoming academic year (2019-20).

Thiruvananthapuram: The AICTE's latest proposition that engineering colleges swelling with vacant seats may start arts and science courses to overcome the crisis is unlikely to work out in favour of a majority of engineering colleges in the brink of closure in Kerala. Latest statistics show that 50% of seats in self-financing engineering colleges in the state remains vacant after the completion of admission procedure. While the state government is yet to make up its mind on the policy decisions to be taken to restore order and quality in engineering education sector, engineering college managements too have not yet been able to develop a long-term strategy for quality assurance and survival.