TECHNICAL EDUCATION

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 OVERVIEW

Technical Education plays a vital role in human resource development of the country by creating skilled manpower, enhancing industrial productivity and improving the quality of life. Technical Education covers courses and programmes in engineering, technology, management, architecture, town planning, pharmacy and applied arts & crafts, hotel management and catering technology.

The technical education system in the country can be broadly classified into three categories – Central Government funded institutions, State Government/State-funded institutions & Self-financed institutions. The 52 Centrally funded institution of technical and science education are as under:

Besides the above, there are four Boards of Apprenticeship Training (BOATs).

The Central Government is also implementing the following schemes/programmes: -

(i)      Third Technician Education Project.

(ii)     Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP) assisted by the World Bank.

(iii)     National Programme for Earthquake Engineering Education (NPEEE).

(iv)     Indian National Digital Library for Science & Technology (INDEST).

(v)      National Programme in Technology-enhanced Learning (NPTEL).

(vi)     Technology Development Mission.

There is one Public Sector Undertaking, namely, Educational Consultants India Ltd. (Ed.CIL) under the Ministry.  There are also Apex Councils, namely the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and Council of Architecture (COA).