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Along with the skilling programmes on AI and data science, a need to dedicate at least 10% to ethics in AI The All India Council For Technical Education (AICTE) has directed colleges and technical institutions to widely disseminate the report ‘National Program on Artificial Intelligence’ to promote upskilling in the technical sectors, with a renewed focus on ethics in AI.   The report was prepared by the committee constituted by the Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MieTY) and was issued in June 2023 as a part of MieTY’s ‘National Program on Artificial Intelligence’ (NPAI). The committee listed several programmes on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Data Sciences and other measures to promote upskilling.  Recommendations of the committee included skilling of youths in AI and data science should start from the early school levels. Further, the report has suggested a basic curriculum for different levels aligned with the National Higher Education Qual...

CHENNAI: In a move that could bring more students to top engineering colleges at the cost of mid-tier ones, the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) proposes to remove the cap on seats for individual branches from 2024-25. At present, a college can have a maximum of 240 seats in one branch. The upper limit was introduced following a mismatch between demand and supply. “As envisaged in the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, and the nation's proactive initiatives towards enhancement of Gross Enrolment Ratio, the council proposes to remove the upper limit on intake allowed for colleges/programmes offered by existing institutions,” AICTE said in its draft approval process handbook. The council mentioned that this was subject to infrastructure availability and occupied faculty positions. Expert committees will make inspections before granting approval for an increase in intake. An increase in seats will be allowed only if the institution already offers at least three cou...