Third Phase of Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP)
The Cabinet Committee on
Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved the
proposal for initiation of the Third Phase of Technical Education Quality
Improvement Programme (TEQIP).
Key facts:
- The Project will be implemented as a ‘Central Sector Scheme’ with total project outlay of Rs. 3600 crore.
- External assistance from the World Bank through International Development Association (IDA) is also being given.
- The project will be implemented with the facility of Direct Funds Transfer to the accounts of beneficiary institutes.
- The Focus States are 7 Low Income States (Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh), 3 Hill States (Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and Uttarakhand), 8 North-Eastern States (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura) and Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
About the Technical Education
Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP):
The Technical Education Quality
Improvement Programme (TEQIP) commenced in 2003 with World Bank assistance as a
long term programme to be implemented in three phases.
- The first phase of TEQIP commenced in 2003 and ended on March 31st, 2009. It covered 127 institutes across 13 States including 18 Centrally Funded Technical Institutions (CFTIs).
- TEQIP-II commenced in August 2010, covering 23 States/Union Territories (UTs) and 191 Institutes (including 26 CFTIs). TEQIP-II is scheduled to conclude in October, 2016.
The major outcomes of the
project will be:
- Better academic standards, through accreditation, filling up faculty positions, training faculty in better teaching methods, improved research outputs in institution in Focus States/UTs.
- Better administration of the institutions with improved financial/academic autonomy.
- Better systems for assessment of Student Learning, higher transition rates.
- Transparent and expeditious release of funds to institutes by way of Direct Funds Transfer (DFT) System.
