Dimapur, July 23 (EMN): As per Chapter VII of Approval Process Handbook 2018-19, a legal document as per All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) Act 1987, no institution shall offer technical programme or course without the approval of the council. Any institute started without prior approval of the council and offering technical programmes /courses, shall be termed and declared as "Unapproved Institution" by the council.
All the training institutes / centre running computer software/ hardware courses and all IT related courses, that if any training institutes / centre found awarding diploma certificate without the approval of the AICTE New Delhi, and with training duration less than 3 years shall not be granted further extension to run the institute and the students obtaining certificates from such institute shall be treated as fake. Training duration less than 3 years can use the word "certificate course" and not as diploma.
AICTE is a statutory body established by the AICTE Act, 1987 to provide for establishment of an All India Council for Technical Education with a view to ensure proper planning and coordinated development of Technical Education System throughout the Country, promotion of qualitative improvement of such education in relation to planned quantitative growth and regulation of proper maintenance of norms and standards in technical education system and for matters connected therewith. Section 10 (k) of the AICTE Act empowers the AICTE to grant approval for starting new Technical Institutions and for introduction of new courses or programmes in consultation with the agencies concerned.
Institutions in various States/UTs offering Technical Education, not approved by AICTE, permitting such unauthorized institutions to impart technical education will be detrimental to the interest of the student community in terms of recognition of the course, pursuing further education and securing employment etc. In this context, it is the responsibility of the concerned state government / UT to prevent the student community falling prey to such institutions set up for monetary consideration.
Therefore, the council has requested the concerned authority to take immediate steps and close down the institutions offering technical education without approval of AICTE. Institutions desire to offer IT courses may seek the approval of the council as a New Technical Education as per Approval Process Handbook under Chapter-1 for the next academic session as per the norms of AICTE and only then offer technical programmes.
