EDU TALK
Regulation
AICTE:
A NEW
LICENCE RAJ? On December 28 2010, the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) issued a notice that introduced a new set of provisions for all AICTE-approved, Postgraduate in Management (PGDM) courses. These directives include a compulsory course duration of 24 months. It designates that admissions to such courses should be through tests like CAT, MAT or State Government Examinations and that admissions should not start before 31st March of an academic year. The syllabus, too, from now on, will be issued by the council, fees will have to be approved by a “Fee Fixation Committee” of state governments. It also said that each academic session should normally commence from June 1st to end on May 31st of the succeeding year. Here’s what EDU leaders have to say about the changes: (Views expressed here are personal and do not reflect those of institutions)
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