Exclusive Colleges for MBA, MCA proposed

Exclusive Colleges for MBA, MCA proposed

Coimbatore: The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has recommended that only stand alone colleges should offer MBA and MCA courses in future, which could pave the way for seven more such institutions to be set up in this region from the coming academic year the proposal is significant that it would bring a qualitative change in these two most “sought-after” courses.

Seven institutions are said to be seeking the nod of AICTE.

“Recently, the AICTE has said that MBA and MCA courses should be offered only through the stand alone institutions. Six such institutions may start functioning in Coimbatore, while one in Erode in the Coimbatore while one in Erode in the 2007 – 08 academic year,” said Prof G Thiruvasagam, Vice-Chancellor of Bharathiar University (BU). Even if the new colleges get AICTE’s clearance, they have to apply for the approval of the BU, to which they will then remain affiliated. The varsity will personally inspect the colleges before giving in final nod.

Sources point out that in order to run these courses; there should be a professor, an assistant professor and five lecturers. The institution should have a library and good infrastructure too.

It is learnt that there are about five stand-alone institutions in Coimbatore. Some offer exclusive MBA, while other offer both MBA and MCA; In general, the trend for MBA and MCA is favourable. Besides students of arts and science colleges, engineering students too prefer this course.

“It is a good trend. We will be able to shape the institution, the course and also we can produce students in the way we want them to be,” said J. Srikanth, Director of G.R. Damodaran Academy of Management a stand-alone institution. “There would be more flexibility in the course, which would improve quality and we could also inculcate certain values among students,” he observed.

This concept was quite popular in North India and abroad. Such institutions can keep pace with the changes worldwide in respect of the courses. The teaching will shape the young minds better, academicians here remarked.

According to the vice-chancellor AICTE’s New proposal will not affect the colleges already offering these courses. It will be applicable only to those colleges that seek in introduce the courses. It is said there are some well-established institutions already, which may set up sister concerns to offer these courses.

The placement opportunities remain bright for students who take up education in stand-alone ‘institutions, observed J Srikanth.

Exclusive Colleges for MBA, MCA proposed

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