Maths, Physics elementary to engineering education, Aim is to provide flexibility in admissions: AICTE Chairman
Stating that the news was carried out of context, Sahasrabudhe further clarified that NEP only proposes opening up the possibilities for students.
Reports regarding making Maths and Physics optional for engineering admission created a lot of confusion among students and parents. Responding to the confusion, AICTE Chairman Anil Sahasrabudhe on March 18 said that the subjects were ‘elementary to engineering education. Stating that the news was carried out of context, Sahasrabudhe further clarified that NEP only proposes opening up the possibilities for students.
Calling Maths and Physics ‘absolutely elementary’, the Chairman while speaking at the one-day national conference on ‘Salient features of the approval process of handbook (2021-2022) for resetting technical education and implementing NEP’, said that ‘one can’t complete education in engineering’ without these subjects.
Explaining the provision, he further added that “the aim is to provide more flexibility in admissions. The policy, he clarified, permits students from other streams to join engineering college but mandated them to take a course in Physics, Maths or other subjects they may not have studied at higher secondary level.”
Responding to the media, he said that the students coming from non-technical backgrounds have to complete these bridge courses in order to complete the engineering degrees. When quizzed over the ability of such students to cope with maths, physics at engineering colleges he said that possibly these students could excel in entrepreneurship.
Confusion regarding the eligibility criteria of engineering courses grabbed everyone’s attention when AICTE released the Approval Process handbook that removed mathematics and physics from the list of essentials of admission to technical education. In the aftermath of the backlash, AICTE has temporarily withdrawn the handbook from its site.
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