Improving Technical Education System in India-A Concerted Effort Through TEQIP

Govt. of India started Technician Education Project I&II with massive World Bank assistance of Rs. 2000 crores. Encouraged by the success of this project, World Bank sanctioned the following projects: Technician Education Project III and TEQUIP (Technical Education Quality Improvement Program) for degree level engineering institutions. The objectives of TEQUIP Program are described at the outset. Criteria for selection of States and engineering institutions therein are discussed in detail. In June 2004, TEQUIP Program was revised to overcome the initial reverses and to put the project back on rails. A separate agency NPIU (National Project Implementation Unit) was constituted to keep track of progress of the project. The progress of the project under supervision of NPIU is described in the paper.