Agencies
NEW DELHI, Jan 4: Though there is very little time left for the current Lok Sabha, the Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry is going ahead with its plans to move an amendment in Parliament to reverse the Supreme Court judgement curtailing the All India Council for Technical Education's powers to approve MBA and MCA courses.
The draft Bill has already been cleared by Law Ministry, according to Higher Education Secretary Ashok Thakur. It seeks to restore the regulatory powers of the AICTE. The Supreme Court judgement had said that the "role of AICTE vis-à-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''. |
