Staff-crunched AICTE works on new scheme for PhD students
Council to partly fund students, who will later teach in technical institutes To Help meritorious students pursue PhD abroad or in India, the All-India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) is in the process of drawing up a proposal, which is expected to be implemented from this year. The idea is to partly fund the education of students who are pursuing a PhD degree. The proposal is an attempt to tide over the faculty shortage across technical institutes recognised by the AICTE. It could include engineering/IT, management, architecture and pharmacy institutes, among others. Currently, there are around 52 lakh students studying across technical institutes in the country and approximately three lakh faculty members. At least, 30 per cent more teachers are required at present. “We need good student participation in our teaching activities. There’s currently a dearth of good PhD candidates who can teach in the technical/professional institutes. Accordingly, we are drawing up a scheme whi...