Haryana Government has accorded approval to three State Universities to participate in the Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP phase-III) of World Bank.
The programme is aimed at better academic standards through accreditation, filling up faculty positions, training faculty in better teaching methods, improved research outputs in institutions.
The Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology at Hisar, YMCA University of Science and Technology, Faridabad and Deen Bhandu Chhotu Ram University of Science and Technology, Murthal (Sonipat) would participate in TEQIP phase III. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in this regard between Haryana Government and Union Ministry of Human Resources has been signed by the Principal Secretary, Haryana Technical Education Department on behalf of the State Government, said an official spokesman.
He said Union Government had approved implementation of TEQIP phase-III as a Central Sector Scheme. Well-performing institutions of TEQIP-I and TEQIP-II have been considered for participation under the sub-component including twinning arrangement to build capacity and improve performance of participating institutions in the focus states. The project is expected to be completed by March 31, 2020, the spokesman said.
He said that these institutions have been selected under TEQIP phase-III, through challenge method of selection on the pre-defined eligibility criteria and academic performance.
Each of the selected mentor institutions from the State would get a grant of Rs 7 crore each. The selected institutions would act as mentor institutions for providing support to focus state institutions through twining arrangement as well as working for their own development, said he.
TEQIP commenced in 2003 with World Bank Assistance as a long term programme to be implemented in three phases. The first phase of TEQIP commenced in 2003 and ended on March 31, 2009. It covered five institutions namely Kurukshetra University, Deen Bhandu Chhotu Ram State College of Engineering at Murthal, YMCA Institute of Engineering at Faridabad, Guru Jambheshwar University at Hisar and Government Polytechnic, Nilokheri, he added.
The TEQIP Phase-II commenced on August 6, 2010, covering six institutions of Haryana. The spokesman said TEQIP-Il concluded on March 31, 2017 with grace period upto July 31, 2017. Both projects have had a positive impact on infrastructure and educational standard in the technical institutions. Most of the project institutions of the state have got the National Board of Accreditation (NBA) accreditation for under-graduate as well as postgraduate courses. Rest of the institutions is in process to get accreditation from NBA, which is a benchmark of quality education, which is globally acceptable, as per the Washington Accord, he added.