Can’t offer MBA, PGDM from same bldg:
AICTE
in 2020-21 Change in rule as colleges
propose same fees for both mgmt courses
Management
institutes that also offer postgraduate diplomas in management (PGDM) will now
have to run the two courses from separate institutes, according to the All
India Council for Technical Education’s (AICTE) recently-released Approval
Handbook 2020-21. The new rules will be applicable from the next academic year
(2020-21).
AICTE said the new
rule requiring separate infrastructure and resources for diplomas and PG
degrees is in response to complaints from local inquiry committees (LICs),
which inspect institutes when the latter apply for affiliation. Students have
complained that they were confused and even misled on occasion about the
demarcation of faculty, fees and infrastructure between PGDM and Masters in
business administration (MBA) courses in some colleges.
“While MBA
institutes are affiliated to a particular university, PGDM courses need no
affiliation but need AICTE approval to run classes. We have increasingly
noticed how the LICs are fooled by the institutes about infrastructure and faculty
which might be registered for an MBA school, but are highlighted as that of a
PGDM course,” said Anil Sahasrabudhe, chairman, AICTE.
Senior council
officials said the process of affiliation regularly gets delayed due to such
problems, and the new rules are meant to prevent such delays.
In some cases,
colleges that run both PGDM and MBA courses have also proposed the same fees
for both courses to the respective state fee regulating authorities.
“Despite sharing
the infrastructure as well as the faculty in some cases, many of these
institutes claim that their professors for both courses are equally qualified
and deserve the same salary. Therefore, they demand the same fees for both
courses,” said a senior AICTE official.
However, among
business schools, there is concern that the changes may force many to stop PGDM
courses.
“Separating the
courses into two different institutes means starting one of the courses from
scratch, which is a challenge most institutes will not be open to,” said the
spokesperson of a city-based management institute, on condition of anonymity.
Representatives of the institutes plan to discuss
their concerns with AICTE.
Source |
Hindustan Times | 12th February 2020
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