{"id":96422,"date":"2021-03-20T10:48:52","date_gmt":"2021-03-20T05:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=96422"},"modified":"2021-03-20T13:28:16","modified_gmt":"2021-03-20T07:58:16","slug":"flaws-in-new-aicte-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/flaws-in-new-aicte-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Flaws in New AICTE rules"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Synopsis: <\/strong>The new AICTE rules allow non-Physics and Non-Maths students to pursue engineering. It will impact students\u2019 prospects in education.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Background<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Recently, the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) brought <strong>changes to the entry-level qualification for undergraduate engineering programmes.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>According to the new changes, students who <strong>haven\u2019t studied either physics or mathematics (or both)<\/strong> in Classes 11 and 12, will be eligible for admission in undergraduate engineering programs.<\/li>\n<li>Earlier, an engineering aspirant was<strong> required to pass high school with physics and mathematics<\/strong> as compulsory subjects.<\/li>\n<li>Under the new norms, a candidate is expected to have <strong>scored at least 45%<\/strong> in any three subjects out of a <strong>list of 14 subjects.<\/strong> It gives choice for students to pursue engineering without opting Physics, mathematics from the listed 14 subjects.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>AICTE&#8217;s rationale behind the move<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>AICTE stated that the new changes are in line with the new <strong>National Education Policy\u2019s<\/strong> multidisciplinary approach.<\/li>\n<li>Further, they have decided to supplement the student&#8217;s lack of knowledge in Physics and maths through <strong>a bridge cours<\/strong>e.<\/li>\n<li>This new decision by <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/union-education-minister-launches-aicte-spice\/\">AICTE<\/a> attracted criticism from Niti Aayog member and Scientific Advisor Scientist V K Saraswat.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>What are the issues with the new AICTE rules?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>First, <\/strong>according to V K Saraswat, developing strong basics in mathematics and physics is<strong> easier during the school period.<\/strong> Most of the Engineering subjects <strong>require depth knowledge in physics and maths<\/strong>. It will be<strong> difficult for non -background students to develop<\/strong> these logics in a short period.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Second, offering bridge courses<\/strong> to cope with Maths and physics concepts <strong>will reduce the student\u2019s ability<\/strong> to excel in graduation. For example, a non-background student needs at least 2 semesters to study physics and maths through a bridge course. It will be difficult for him to cope up with both graduation subject and bridge courses simultaneously.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Third, <\/strong>worldwide there has been a <strong>renewed focus on<\/strong> <strong>STEM subjects<\/strong>. Nowadays, every subject even MMBS doctors are using mathematics<strong>. <\/strong>In this scenario, neglecting sciences and maths at the school level will limit students\u2019 opportunities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Colleges need to complete bridge courses before starting formal classes so that students will be pre-equipped with the knowledge of science and maths.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/education\/aicte-new-rules-maths-physics-7234939\/\">Indian Express<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Synopsis: The new AICTE rules allow non-Physics and Non-Maths students to pursue engineering. It will impact students\u2019 prospects in education. Background Recently, the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) brought changes to the entry-level qualification for undergraduate engineering programmes. According to the new changes, students who haven\u2019t studied either physics or mathematics (or both)&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/flaws-in-new-aicte-rules\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Flaws in New AICTE rules<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10316,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[1309],"class_list":["post-96422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-education_related","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":1700804639,"cached_date":1701051472},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10316"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96422\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}