The
Union HRD Minister Shri Prakash Javadekar signed MoU for technical education
Quality Improvement Programme (Phase- III) with 18 States and 1 UT in New Delhi
today. The Union HRD Minister expressed his happiness on the occasion as the
programme is implemented in assistance with World Bank in a sustainable way to
improve over all standard and quality of technical institutes. The Union
Minister eMphasised that Innovation and research can happen only when physical
Infrastructure and trained manpower is available, and therefore this programme
is vital for much needed technical up-gradation in education institutes.
For implementation of the project, TEQIP-III, a MoU was signed between
MHRD and Focus States in the presence of Hon’ble HRM.
The Focus States are 7 Low Income States (Bihar, Chhattisgarh,
Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh), 3 Hill
States (Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and Uttarakhand), 8
North-Eastern States (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya,
Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura) and Union Territory of Andaman
and Nicobar Islands.
The project will be implemented as Central Sector Scheme with the
facility of Direct Funds Transfer to the accounts of beneficiary institutes.
The project will be initiated in April 2017 and will be coterminous with
Fourteenth finance Commission (FFC) i.e. 2019-20.
TEQUIP I and TEQUIP II had a positive impact on the infrastructure and
educational standards in the technical institutions where they were taken up.
Institutions in the central, eastern and north-eastern region and hill States
are at present in need of similar and specific interventions. The initiation
and implementation of the project TEQIP-III arises from the need to bridge this
gap.
The major impacts/ outcomes of the project are:
(i)
Better academic standards, through
accreditation, filling up faculty positions, training faculty in better
teaching methods, improved research outputs in institution in Focus States/UTs
(ii)
Better administration of the
institutions with improved financial/academic autonomy,
(iii)
Better systems for assessment of Student
Learning, higher transition rates
(iv)
Transparent and expeditious release of
funds to institutes by way of Direct Funds Transfer (DFT) System.
The Project will be implemented as a ‘Central Sector
Scheme’ with project outlay of Rs. 2660 crore. An estimated 200 Government/
Government aided engineering institutes and ATUs including the Centrally Funded
Technical Institutions (CFTIs) will be selected. The funding pattern for
institutes/Affiliating Technical Universities (ATUs) would be as under:-
o Non-Autonomous
institutes: upto INR 10 crores
o Autonomous
institutes: upto INR 15 crores
o Affiliating
Technical Universities (ATUs) : upto INR 20 crores
o Mentor
institutions: upto INR 7 crores
Background:
The Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP) commenced
in 2003 with World Bank assistance as a long term programme to be implemented
in 3 phases. The first phase of Technical Education Quality Improvement
Programme (TEQIP) commenced in 2003 and ended on March 31st, 2009. TEQIP-II
commenced in August 2010 and is scheduled to conclude in March 2017. The project will cover all Government
/ Government aided engineering institutes, affiliating technical universities
(ATUs) and CFTIs from Focus States/UT.
High-performing TEQIP-I/ TEQIP-II Government / Government aided
institutes/ATUs across the country would be eligible to participate in
twinning arrangements for knowledge transfer, exchange of experience,
optimizing the use of resources and developing long-term strategic
partnerships.
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GG/RT/RK/TEQUIP-III
