The Reddy committee was established in 2018 to prepare medium-term and short-term perspective prepare for engineering education.

The restriction on establishing of new engineering colleges in the nation need to continue beyond 2022-23, when the continuous two-year moratorium ends, a committee set up by the Union federal government has suggested, citing low enrollment in engineering programs.

The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) had earlier revealed a two-year moratorium beginning 2020-21 on new engineering organizations based upon a report by the Reddy committee, which was likewise tasked with reviewing the status of the restriction from scholastic year 2022-23.

” The Committee has actually held 3 conferences on 18.10.2021, 10.11.2021 & & 30.11.2021 and reviewed the Engineering Capacity, Enrolment and Placement Data over the last three years in Engineering Institutions. In the light of low enrolments into the Engineering and Diploma programmes across the country, the Committee in its interim report submitted in December, 2021 recommended to continue the moratorium on authorizing brand-new Engineering Colleges in the nation barring a few exceptions,” Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan stated in a written response in Lok Sabha.

AICTE chairman Anil Sahasrabuddhe informed The Indian Express that the committee will define the exceptions in its last report.

An AICTE official stated that the last report of the committee might enable addition of seats in non-traditional fields of engineering, new schools in backwards areas and growth of existing institutions.

Information shared by the Education Ministry reveals that both approved intake and total enrolment in engineering courses have declined over the years. From a decadal high of 31,82,285 approved consumption in 2014, the number dipped to 23,66,728 in 2021-22. Overall enrolment came down to 12,75,880 in 2020-21 from a high of 17,84,127 in 2013-14.

“It will not be a blanket restriction. The exceptions will be clear by the end of December,” the official said.

The Ministry of Education notified Lok Sabha on Monday that the committee headed by IIT-Hyderabad chairman B V R Mohan Reddy has actually suggested that the moratorium, which had entered impact in 2020, ought to continue, “barring a few exceptions”.

In its first report in 2019, the committee had actually observed that capacity utilisation throughout 2017-18 in undergraduate and postgraduate level was 49.8 percent (intake capacity vs enrolment) and suggested that no new capacity be authorized by AICTE beginning from the scholastic year 2020.

ExplainedWhy moratorium was presented
Data shared by the Education Ministry reveals that both approved intake and total enrolment in engineering courses have decreased over the years. From a decadal high of 31,82,285 authorized intake in 2014, the number dipped to 23,66,728 in 2021-22. Overall enrolment boiled down to 12,75,880 in 2020-21 from a high of 17,84,127 in 2013-14.

“The production of the new capability can be reviewed every two years afterwards,” it had added.