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26Th July 2016
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Delhi : The Lok Sabha on Monday passed the Institutes of
Technology (Amendment) Bill, 2016, which seeks to set up six new Indian
Institutes of Technology (IITs) including one at Jammu.
The other new IITs are to come up in
Tirupati, Palakkad, Goa, Dharwad, and Bhilai. Several members supported the
bill but opposed the fee hike at the premier engineering institutes. The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions
Union Human Resource Development Minister
Prakash Javadekar, who had while moving the Bill, said that the government is
focussing on improving the performance of the institutes and quality of
education, in his reply to the debate, tried to assure the members on the fees,
saying that the government is keen only to garner fees from who can pay.
"Education must be inclusive. To ensure
equity it must be affordable also. But those capable of paying must pay. You
should not oppose when rich are being asked to pay," he said. The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions
He said in three years, the government will
mobilise Rs 20,000 crore for IITs.
Javadekar also sought to dispel the notion
that the funding in IITs have declined, noting that the central government has
allocated Rs 4,035 crore to the IITs this fiscal as against Rs 3,855 crore in
previous year.
The government has formed High Education
Financial Agency (HEFA) to upgrade the infrastructure, he said, adding that the
Narendra Modi government is committed to "Sabko Shiksha Acchi Shiksa (Good
Education to All)."
On the fee structure, something which was
flagged by several members including Saugata Roy of Trinamool Congress,
Javadekar said students from the ST and SC communities, from the Below Poverty
Line (BPL) category and physically challenged have full waiver of fees in the
IITs and NITs.
Families with income below Rs 9 lakh per
annum also can get zero per cent education loan, he said adding affirmative
steps can certainly change the scene of higher technical education in the
country.
The debate was initiated by Congress member
Gaurav Gogoi, who stressed on the need of quality of education and research.
The Bill also seeks to bring the Indian
School of Mines, Dhanbad, within the ambit of the Act. The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions
Javadekar also addressed the concern about
coaching classes for entrance exam and said said the government has started
online programme IIT-PAL, under which aspirants can get free tutorials, exams,
and homework.
Among others, Arvind Sawant (Shiv Sena), and
R.K. Jena (Biju Janata Dal) supported the bill.
Jayadev Galla (Telugu Desam Party) said
government should set up a central university and a tribal university in Andhra
Pradesh, while Communist Party of India-Marxist's M.B. Rajesh suggested that
higher technical education should be made more inclusive.
Satya Pal Singh (BJP) suggested that
government should ask at least one IIT to focus on rural technologies with a
view to promote inclusive development.
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