MUMBAI: Institutes offering undergraduate management and computer science courses will now have to seek approval from the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). As reported earlier by this paper, the apex body has now brought four courses — BBA, BBM, BMS, and BCA — under its purview.
Neither the existing admission process nor the total seats or fees will be altered.However, the AICTE plans to developmodel curricula and redesign the examination pattern too.
“As per the AICTE Act, we should have been monitoring the quality of management and technical courses, but we had left out the undergraduate programmes in computer application and management. This becomes essential for NEP with multiple entry and exit,” said AICTE chairman TG Sitharam. “Existing colleges will also have to apply for approval,” explained an AICTE official.
NEP recommends that three types of institutes would exist by 2030: Multidisciplinary universities, autonomous degree-granting colleges, or institutes that would be part of a higher education cluster. “As these colleges were not part of AICTE, these colleges can now run integrated programmes and increase their student base,” said Vice Chairman Abhay Jere.
“The landscape of these programmes is also changing globally, and different industries are expecting different programmes in cybersecurity, generative AI. All these new courses have to be brought in; otherwise, all these undergraduate management programmes will become irrelevant,” he added. Textbooks will be outcome-based. Examination reforms will be brought in, moving away from the routine examinations colleges are currently conducting.
The model curricula will be developed by experts, including academicians and industry honchos, and institutions will be required to adhere to 80% of the model while retaining the flexibility to customize the remaining portion to suit local needs. The model curriculum for BBA and BCA programs will come into effect from the academic year 2024-25. So far, the curriculum for these programs was designed by the universities concerned.
Clarifying some doubts, Sitharam added: “This is not a transfer from the UGC. It is just an additional approval you have to take from the AICTE to run the programme with as many seats as you have. We will tell you these are the standards you have to follow to become world-class,” he added during an interaction with colleges.
Neither the existing admission process nor the total seats or fees will be altered.However, the AICTE plans to developmodel curricula and redesign the examination pattern too.
“As per the AICTE Act, we should have been monitoring the quality of management and technical courses, but we had left out the undergraduate programmes in computer application and management. This becomes essential for NEP with multiple entry and exit,” said AICTE chairman TG Sitharam. “Existing colleges will also have to apply for approval,” explained an AICTE official.
NEP recommends that three types of institutes would exist by 2030: Multidisciplinary universities, autonomous degree-granting colleges, or institutes that would be part of a higher education cluster. “As these colleges were not part of AICTE, these colleges can now run integrated programmes and increase their student base,” said Vice Chairman Abhay Jere.
“The landscape of these programmes is also changing globally, and different industries are expecting different programmes in cybersecurity, generative AI. All these new courses have to be brought in; otherwise, all these undergraduate management programmes will become irrelevant,” he added. Textbooks will be outcome-based. Examination reforms will be brought in, moving away from the routine examinations colleges are currently conducting.
The model curricula will be developed by experts, including academicians and industry honchos, and institutions will be required to adhere to 80% of the model while retaining the flexibility to customize the remaining portion to suit local needs. The model curriculum for BBA and BCA programs will come into effect from the academic year 2024-25. So far, the curriculum for these programs was designed by the universities concerned.
Clarifying some doubts, Sitharam added: “This is not a transfer from the UGC. It is just an additional approval you have to take from the AICTE to run the programme with as many seats as you have. We will tell you these are the standards you have to follow to become world-class,” he added during an interaction with colleges.
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