New Delhi: The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has allowed BTech students to seek admission to other branches of Engineering, in addition to their main programme, via the lateral entry system.
The council said it was done following requests from students for lateral entry. “The proposal was placed before the AICTE Executive Committee…and EC opined that technical universities can facilitate such students to take admission to BTech /BE by allowing them to get admission at appropriate level of BTech programme in another discipline/branch of Engineering,” the AICTE was quoted as saying by Careers360.
According to the Council, students are not required to study the programmes they have already studied in their first discipline when they seek admission to the additional course.
“The Executive Committee approved the exemption from pursuing courses already done in the first discipline of BTech programme and such students be appropriately guided to complete other requirements of the second discipline. As there is a practical component involved, students will be required to take admission in an institution/college as a regular student and the concerned university will ensure this and make necessary provision in their statutes accordingly,” Council said.
The additional degree course will be completed in two to three years, “without compromising on the credit requirements in core discipline and attainment of learning outcomes of the new programme.”
The institutions have been directed to make necessary changes to their statute and to take appropriate measures to provide additional courses to BTech students.
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