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The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has today given approval to the proposal to initiate second phase of ambitious Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP).

The Rs. 2430 crore project, funded by World Bank, Government of India, various state governments and private institutions, was started to strengthen institutions with improved learning outcomes and employability of its graduates.  

The project will be implemented in pursuance of the National Policy on Education through MHRD.  An estimated 200 engineering institutions National Institute of Technology (NITs) will be competitively selected along with a small number of eligible private unaided institutions.

Professors of prestigious JNU, National Institute of Technology (Kurukshtra), top official of AICTE and some other teachers and officers have been booked by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for the conspiracy, educational fraud and abusing their position as public servants.

These teachers and officials have been charged to cheat AICTE in the matter of granting recognition to a Jaipur based Engineering Institute on the basis of false document. A similar kind of case has been registered against a teacher of Delhi University, a teacher of NIT (Kurukshetra), Regional Officer, AICTE, Chandigarh and some other teachers and officers.
CBI has registered cases against them after conducting searches at Jaipur, Kurukshetra, Jallandhar, Chandigarh and Delhi. According to CBI huge cash, assets in form of immovable property and FDRs have been found in the raids.

Year 2009 has been unique for the national capital Delhi in terms of education prestigious Netaji Subhash Institute of Technology (NSIT) elevated as National Institute of Technology (NIT) category to cater the need to quality technical education on one hand Delhi College of Engineering became Delhi Technological University (DTU) on the other hand.

Two other universities, Ambedkar University and National Law University were already been established in 2008. Government schools performed much better than the much- hyped Public schools, Central Schools and Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya. Students of government schools have achieved 124 merit certificates in senior secondary examinations.

In a major step the HRD ministry decided to abolish the 10th board examination and made it optional. Establishment of 16 new central universities, decision to allow evening polytechnics and engineering college were major steps this year.