Can you call your child ‘gifted’? Check out the qualifying criteria AICTE has come up with

What is the News?

All India Council for Technical Education(AICTE) has released criteria that will allow institutions to set aside two more seats under the “gifted child” category.

What is a Gifted Child?

According to AICTE, a “gifted child” is one “who is curious in studies and discusses answers in detail beyond the scope of the question”, is a “keen observer in new learning activities”, “enjoys non-structured and non-routine problems” and “speaks his/her own mind”.

What are the criteria for a child to qualify as “gifted”? 

– A prizewinner of at least one national/international level competition organized by a government or a recognised private body.

– Has received funding from a government agency for pursuing innovative projects.

– Is a candidate has high-quality original research article publications in peer-reviewed journals as the first author.

– Is the primary holder of a patent granted by an Indian or international patent office.

– Is the owner of an app on Google/Apple/Windows stores or has launched or is in process of launching a technology based innovative product in the market (with more than 10,000 downloads).

What are the benefits of a Gifted Child?

AICTE would allow institutions to make provisions for two supernumerary seats under the “gifted child” category.

Moreover, institutions admitting students under the gifted child category are committed to give a complete tuition waiver to the admitted students.

Source: The post is based on the article “Can you call your child ‘gifted’? Check out the qualifying criteria AICTE has come up with” published in The Print on 19th May 2022.