As was expected, Government has issued the ordinance and perhaps this must have been made spplicable from retrospective effect. So, nothing changes.
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Virendra Goel
HRD ministry passes ordinance to restore AICTE powers
29 May 2013
An ordinance to reinstate the powers of the AICTE was passed by the HRD ministry
An ordinance to reinstate the powers of the AICTE was passed by the HRD ministry. The ordinance was proposed after a Supreme Court ruling stated that the AICTE was only an advisory body which meant that colleges affiliated to various universities need not take its consent for MBA programmes
The proposal was cleared by HRD minister MM Pallam Raju and sent to the Law Ministry. The proposal amends the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) Act and was required to prevent the rampant growth of institutes offering management programmes.
An apex court ruling in April had said that the AICTE had no jurisdiction or power to sanction colleges affiliated with the universities. The court stated that according to the AICTE Act and UGC Act its role was provide guidance and recommendations.
The SC bench of Justices BS Chauhan and V Gopala Gowda had stated in the presence of various media that "from the reading of paragraphs 19 and 20 of 'Parashvanath Charitable Trust case' it is made clear after careful scanning of the provisions of the AICTE Act and the University Grants Commission Act, 1956 that the role of AICTE vis-a-vis universities is only advisory, recommendatory and one of providing guidance and has no authority empowering it to issue or enforce any sanctions by itself,".
It was then declared that the MCA is a technical course but MBA is "not a technical course" within the frame of the AICTE Act. The ordinance will correct the incongruity and redefine the boundaries of technical education. Institutes and universities which require AICTE approval will also be stated clearly.
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