A Study in Equipment Utilisation and Maintenance in Polytechnics (Gujarat State)-India

This condensed paper is taken from the dissertation of the author presented to the Bhopal University, Bhopal, of the State of Madhya Pradesh, India in fulfilment for the award of Master in Technical Education, March, 1987. This paper tries to quantify the use of laboratory and laboratory equipments to assess their effectiveness and efficiency in the technical education system. It is not the economic factor but the time factor which has been considered in this study. The results of the study reveal that there is ample room for improvement in many areas of laboratory utilisation and hence consistent with the hypotheses.