CCEA approves third phase of TEQIP
Q. CCEA approved the third phase of TEQIP. What does it stand for?- Published on 14 Sep 16a. Technical Education Quality Improvement Policy
b. Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme
c. Tertiary Education Quality Improvement Programme
d. None of the above
ANSWER: Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme
Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs initiated the third phase of the Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme.
- Project will be implemented as CSS with total project outlay of INR 3600 crore
- Project will be initiated with a cost of INR 2660 crore with additional financing possible at a later stage
- Of the INR 2660 crore, central share will be INR 1330 crore and external assistance through WB credit of INR 1330 crore
- Project will be implemented by Direct Funds Transfer to beneficiary institute accounts
- Project will be initiated in the current year and be co-terminus with the Fourteenth Finance Commission
- Better academic standards, measures of student learning and educational administration are the focus of this programme
- Close to 200 government or aided engineering institutes and ATUs including CFTIs will be selected
- Focus is on 7 low income states- Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh; the 3 hill states of Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttarakhand; the 8 north eastern states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura and Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
- TEQIP began in 2003 with WB assistance
- Its first phase ended in march 2009
- It covered 127 institutes through 13 states
- TEQIP-II commenced in 2010 covering 23 states UTs and 191 institute
- It is scheduled to conclude in October 2016
