AICTE cautions J&K students against unapproved Technical Institutions operating in PoK

The official notice from AICTE came after the Centre advised students of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh union territories against taking admissions in colleges or universities in PoK as these educational institutions there are not recognised by India.

All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) cautioned the students of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh about "unapproved technical institutions" operating in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK). According to the reports, the official notice from AICTE came after the Centre advised students of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh union territories against taking admissions in colleges or universities in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) as these educational institutions there are not recognised by India.

The notice issued by Member Secretary, AICTE reads, "Pakistan occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) is an integral part of the Union of India and the educational institutions including universities, medical colleges, and technical educational institutions situated in PoJK are neither established by Government of India nor recognized by statutory authorities such as University Grants Commission (UGC), AICTE and Medical Council of India (MCI) etc."

AICTE took to its official Twitter handle and shared the official notice with a Tweet stating, “Pakistan occupied J&K (PoJK) is an integral part of India. Here is an important advisory for Indian students against taking admissions in institutions under illegal occupation of Pakistan.... such institutes are not recognised in India.”

The notice advises the students not to take admission in any college, university or technical institution for courses such as town planning, hotel management and catering technology, engineering and technology, architecture, town planning, pharmacy, applied arts, crafts and design, management, computer applications and travel and tourism.

The AICTE notice further reads, "... for which advisories are issued by various other regulatory bodies under government of India in the territory under illegal occupation of Pakistan including the so-called Azad Jammu & Kashmir (AJK), Gilgit and Baltistan, which are currently not recognized in India,"

The official notice released by AICTE is given below:

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