By Sara D Benedicta Josna
Bengaluru: A committee led by Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) vice-chancellor Kari Siddappa chose 30 engineering colleges from as many districts to be upgraded as institutes of excellence under Regional Ecosystem for Technical Education Programme which included around 14 government colleges in the state.
The main intention of the programme is to avoid the migration of students from rural to urban areas by providing quality engineering education in the district itself. The goal is to develop the selected institutions into ‘Super 30’ grade through academia collaboration, industry participation, and assistance in research and innovation.
Those colleges that manage to score over 60% in assessment criteria, including seven parameters (leadership profile, inclusivity, research and development, innovation and entrepreneurship, industry partnership, teaching, and graduation outcomes), will be considered in the Super 30 zone. Eighteen of 30 colleges already exist and once the colleges meet the expected standards in the next five years, they will be called Super 30 colleges, the committee said.
Around 55 colleges had applied for this programme. New colleges are recommended every year and those colleges unable to meet the criteria will be removed out of the list.
The committee added that the colleges were selected based on various criteria, including minimum pass percentage of 60-65% in the last three years, minimum 50% admission intake in the same period, and a faculty: student ratio 1:20. The institutions are non-autonomous with comparatively better CET cut-offs and have enough space for expansion.
Financial assistance for the selected colleges will be one-third from the industry, one-third from the institute. Fees and admission criteria will remain the same. “While all innovation is centred around Bengaluru now, the idea here is to spread it beyond the city to all districts,” said minister for higher education CN Ashwath Narayan.
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