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Technical institutes in Karnataka face problems as they attempt to upload details to the All India Council for Technical Education to get approval for courses and intake of undergraduate engineering students in the academic year 2011-12.
Updated : Mar 26, 2011, 08:18 AM IST
Technical institutes in Karnataka face problems as they attempt to upload details to the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) to get approval for courses and intake of undergraduate engineering students in the academic year 2011-12.
From 2010, AICTE made it mandatory for all technical institutions to submit applications online. Till 2010, institutions used to submit a hard copy of the filled applications.
Though this is the second year for online processing of the forms, AICTE’s website has been unable to handle the load.
“March 31 is the last date for submission of filled applications. Whenever we try to fill and submit the form, we face a problem. The site is down most of the time,” said the principal of an engineering college in the city.
Last year, because of problems faced by AICTE’s website, the counselling process of the Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) to allot engineering seats for 2010 got delayed.
According to sources from KEA, the same problem may be repeated this year. “We have mentioned in the brochure itself that counselling dates are tentative. Much depends on AICTE’s approval,” said a KEA official.
Not just the counselling process, even the beginning of the academic year might get delayed if problems persist. “Last year, because of the problems created by AICTE’s website, the commencement of the academic year was put off by a month. We don’t want to face similar problems this year,” said the principal of another city-based engineering college.
KN Balasubramanya Murthy, principal and director of PESIT said, the website is going through changes every day. “When we try to fill the form, some tabs will open and some won’t. Since December 31, we have been seeing lots of changes on the site, it’s all so confusing,” said Murthy.
According to the heads of technical institutions, at least twice a week, the website is down for two to three hours. “I think the site is not able to take the load. Though the last date for submission of applications is March 31, many colleges have not yet submitted them as they are finding filling them itself a difficult task,” Murthy said.
BS Sathyanarayana, principal of RVCE said, “Compared to what happened last year, problems are less now. We have informed AICTE about the issue and asked them to sort it out. After we fill some of the information they have asked for in the excel sheet, the system stops accepting the form.”
AICTE is aware of the problem and had extended the last date for submission of applications twice. Earlier, the last date for submission was February 28. It was then extended to March 15 and later to March 31.
Technical institutes in the state face problems as they attempt to upload details to the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) to get approval for courses and intake of undergraduate engineering students in the academic year 2011-12.
From 2010, AICTE made it mandatory for all technical institutions to submit applications online. Till 2010, institutions used to submit a hard copy of the filled applications.
Though this is the second year for online processing of the forms, AICTE’s website has been unable to handle the load.
“March 31 is the last date for submission of filled applications. Whenever we try to fill and submit the form, we face a problem. The site is down most of the time,” said the principal of an engineering college in the city.
Last year, because of problems faced by AICTE’s website, the counselling process of the Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) to allot engineering seats for 2010 got delayed.
According to sources from KEA, the same problem may be repeated this year. “We have mentioned in the brochure itself that counselling dates are tentative. Much depends on AICTE’s approval,” said a KEA official.
Not just the counselling process, even the beginning of the academic year might get delayed if problems persist. “Last year, because of the problems created by AICTE’s website, the commencement of the academic year was put off by a month. We don’t want to face similar problems this year,” said the principal of another city-based engineering college.
KN Balasubramanya Murthy, principal and director of PESIT said, the website is going through changes every day. “When we try to fill the form, some tabs will open and some won’t. Since December 31, we have been seeing lots of changes on the site, it’s all so confusing,” said Murthy.
According to the heads of technical institutions, at least twice a week, the website is down for two to three hours. “I think the site is not able to take the load. Though the last date for submission of applications is March 31, many colleges have not yet submitted them as they are finding filling them itself a difficult task,” Murthy said.
BS Sathyanarayana, principal of RVCE said, “Compared to what happened last year, problems are less now. We have informed AICTE about the issue and asked them to sort it out. After we fill some of the information they have asked for in the excel sheet, the system stops accepting the form.”
AICTE is aware of the problem and had extended the last date for submission of applications twice. Earlier, the last date for submission was February 28. It was then extended to March 15 and later to March 31.