Theengineers produced by the huge number of private engineering colleges whichhave come up after the government sanction for them add up only by way ofnumbers, in the absence of sound infrastructure, well qualified staff and noemphasis on imparting quality education. There are 3,393 engineering collegesin India in which 15 lakh seats are available. Sixty-five per cent of them arein south India.
The growthof technical education in India has fulfilled the aspirations of a large numberof students and parents. At the sametime, it has introduced a high degree of distortion in the types ofinstitutions, the quality of their content, teaching-learning processes, adequacyof infrastructure and faculty. The growth in engineering colleges has not beenguided by any discernible policy. There have been several concerted efforts tobring some order and logic to the growth and quality of technical educationsystem.