The All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE), the apex body for professional courses, will now allow students to take the engineering degree through distance education. However, this will only be applicable to students who have at least one regular classroom diploma or some work experience. The relaxation will not be applicable to architecture and pharmacy courses. While the course will be made available through correspondence, practical and lab work will be conducted in face to face sessions.
The decision will be finalized only after the end of February, but AICTE authorities have made it clear that there will be an entrance test for the distance learning course. Meanwhile, the move has evoked mixed response. Some students feel it will encourage those who want to study engineering but others are of the view that the extensive practical study required for the engineering course cannot be provided in the distance education format.
Ashmeet Singh, 38, an engineer and resident of BRS Nagar said, "Making a course like engineering available through distance learning will encourage thousands of students who aspire to join the profession."
However, academician Dr K N S Kang is skeptical. "The step looks impossible but it will be a boon for the education sector. But easy availability of the degree might lead to low quality of education as medical and technical studies require lot of practical training," he said.
The decision will be finalized only after the end of February, but AICTE authorities have made it clear that there will be an entrance test for the distance learning course. Meanwhile, the move has evoked mixed response. Some students feel it will encourage those who want to study engineering but others are of the view that the extensive practical study required for the engineering course cannot be provided in the distance education format.
Ashmeet Singh, 38, an engineer and resident of BRS Nagar said, "Making a course like engineering available through distance learning will encourage thousands of students who aspire to join the profession."
However, academician Dr K N S Kang is skeptical. "The step looks impossible but it will be a boon for the education sector. But easy availability of the degree might lead to low quality of education as medical and technical studies require lot of practical training," he said.
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