| To make them industry-ready, edu body suggests 3 to 24 months' course
In order to improve employment and make engineering students more industry-ready, the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has made an internship programme mandatory for all students from engineering branch in core as well as service industry.
Till date, the internship programmes were not compulsory for students. However, looking at the skill gap between what is taught in the colleges and what exactly the industry requires from engineering graduates, the regulatory body of technical education in India has decided to make it mandatory for the students.
AICTE chairman SS Mantha stated in the notification that students in the fifth, sixth and seventh semesters will have to do an internship for anything from three to 24 months so that when they actually board the shop floor, they will be industry-ready.
"The AICTE is coming up with a plan to register external agencies who can liaise with industry to get internships for students so that more and more students can join the firms as interns," he stated.
AICTE has also signed a memorandum of understanding with BSNL to train third and fourth year engineering students in communication and related fields at 43 training centres across the country. The AICTE will pay for the training to the colleges, which will direct the funds to BSNL. |