Haryana Government will implement a scheme to get all the 23 existing Government polytechnics, functioning from their own campuses, accredited in a phased manner.
Education Minister Ram Bilas Sharma on Friday said that the accreditation of the National Board of Accreditation (NBA) is necessary to ensure the quality, so that the output from the polytechnic system is effectively and immediately placed in the industry or market.
At present, there are 28 Government polytechnics functioning in the State, out of which five are being run with guest classes. None of the Government polytechnics is having NBA or National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC).
He said that this Rs 115 crore scheme is known as “Accreditation of Government Polytechnics in Haryana under Swarn Jyanti Scheme”.
The scheme will be implemented in four years from 2016-17 to 2019-20. While a sum of Rs five crore would be spent in financial year 2016-17, Rs 40 crore each would be spent in 2017-18 and 2018-19 and Rs 30 crore in fiscal 2019-20, said the Education Minister.
He said that to effectively fulfill the parameters as stipulated in the NBA guidelines and to maintain the standards for all times, there is a need for upgrading the existing machinery or equipment, training or retraining of the faculty and staff. Also, updation of curricula or mentoring of institutions, strengthening of placement cells, updating learning resources in all the Government Polytechnics is also necessary, he said.
The Minister He said that funds to the tune of Rs five crore per polytechnic would be spent on strengthening of the parameters.
While referring to the eligibility conditions for accreditation by NBA, he said that the programmes of the institutions would be declared eligible for accreditation process provided the institution and its programmes are approved from All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE).
He said that as per evaluation guidelines of NBA, the different aspects of an institute like organization and governance, resources, institution support , development and planning, evaluation and teaching- learning process, students entry and outputs have been quantified and points have been allotted to these aspects with maximum of 1000 points.
He said that at present the Haryana State Board of Technical Education (HSBTE), Panchkula has undertaken the process of Accreditation in government and government aided Polytechnics of the state.
The National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research (NITTTR) has been engaged as mentor to assist the polytechnics for the accreditation project. The HSBTE would continue to be the executing agency for the implementation of the Accreditation Project with the assistance of Directorate of Technical Education, Haryana and NITTTR, Chandigarh, he added.