New Delhi:(Page3 News Network)-The number of new technical Institutes being set up every year has been coming down. The reasons for the decrease in the number of applications received for setting up new Technical Institutes are the reduced demand in some branches like Instrumentation, IT, Production and Bio-Technology.
At the current supply level of the students in XIIth standard and available seats we could reach a saturation point for branches like Instrumentation, IT, Production etc. However, since the perception is that branches like Civil/Electrical/Mechanical are highly employment oriented, the demand for these seats is high even today.
A new Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) has been envisioned by the Ministry during the XIIth Plan to incentivize State Governments to set up new institutions and expand existing ones to achieve a gross enrolment ratio of 30 per cent by 2020 in Higher Education. However, the XIIth Plan has not yet been approved.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Dr. Shashi Tharoor in Lok Sabha on Wednesday.
