Multidisciplinary Education and Research Improvement in Technical Education

Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP) phase-III, initiated by the Ministry of Education, Govt. of India with assistance from the World Bank to improve the quality of engineering education since 1^st April 2017, is going to conclude on 30^th September 2021.

A token amount of Rs. 10 crore has been provided for “Multidisciplinary Education Research Improvement in Technical Education (MERITE)” in the recent budget 2021-22 to start preparatory works.

The Government of India has been making continuous efforts to ensure that the focus State Governments prepare a sustainability plan for the Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP-III), so as to avoid any academic standstill beyond the project period i.e 30^thSeptember 2021. Ministry of Education has written to the Chief Secretaries of Focus States requesting to plan for continuation of activities undertaken during TEQIP-III, for maintaining the quality of technical education.

The information was given by the Union Minister of Education, ShriDharmendraPradhan in a written reply in the LokSabha today.

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