New Delhi: The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has allowed BTech programmes in 11 regional languages from now, Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan announced.
Students pursuing BTech will have the option to take up the course in Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Gujarati, Malayalam, Bengali, Assamese, Punjabi and Odiya.
“AICTE has permitted BTech programmes in 11 regional languages. PM Shri @narendramodi is committed to promoting regional languages in mainstream education. NEP stresses on this important aspect to empower students coming from diverse regions,” the education minister said via a tweet.
A total of 14 engineering colleges in eight states have been given permission by the AICTE to offer computer science, electronics, civil, mechanical and information technology courses in regional languages.
Uttar Pradesh will have four colleges, Rajasthan 2 and 1 each in Madhya Pradesh and Uttarakhand will offer BTech in Hindi. Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, West Bengal and Tamil Nadu will offer the course in Telegu, Marathi, Bengali and Tamil respectively.
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