Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP)
The Project, Third phase of Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (shall be referred to as TEQIP-III) is fully integrated with the Twelfth Five-year Plan objectives for Technical Education as a key component for improving the quality of Engineering Education in existing institutions with a special consideration for Low Income States and Special Category States and support to strengthen few affiliated technical universities to improve their policy, academic and management practices.
The Faculty of Engineering and Technology, MJP Rohilkhand University, Bareilly has been selected (sub component 1.1) in TEQIP-III & assigned BMS college of Engineering Bangalore as a mentor institute via the letter no. TEQIP-III/MHRD/2017 received from NPIU on dated 22/07/2017. The TEQIP-III has commenced from 1 April 2017 and shall conclude by 30 September 2021.
The Project will focus on the following Objectives:
1. Improving quality and equity in engineering institutions in focus states viz. 7 Low Income States (LIS- Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan & Uttar Pradesh), eight states in the North-East of India, three Hill states viz. Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand and Andaman and Nicobar Islands (a union territory (UT)
2. System-level initiatives to strengthen sector governance and performance which include widening the scope of Affiliating Technical Universities (ATUs) to improve their policy, academic and management practices towards affiliated institutions, and
3. Twinning Arrangements to Build Capacity and Improve Performance of institutions and ATUs participating in focus states.
Design of TEQIP-III
TEQIP seeks to enhance quality and equity in participating engineering education institutions and improve the efficiency of the engineering education system in focus states. The Project will support two components:
Component - 1: Improving quality and equity in engineering institutions in focus states
Sub-component 1.1: Institutional Development for Participating Institutions
An estimated 90 Engineering Education institutions meeting (progressively) the enabling mechanisms and based on meeting minimum standards in quality of Institutional Development Proposals (IDPs), will be selected. Institutions are required to define the activities in their IDP that they want to carry out in the project. These activities should be under the scope of the project and are those that fulfil the objectives of the project. However, some of the suggested activities under the scope of the project are given below:
- Procurement of Goods (equipment, furniture, books LRs, software and minor items) and minor civil works.
- Improvement in Teaching, Learning and Research competence.
- Improve student learning
- Student employability
- Increasing faculty productivity and motivation
- Establishing a twinning system
- Twinning arrangements with high performing institutions under Sub-component 1.3 to build capacity and improved performance
- Recruitment and retention of high quality faculty (through better faculty appraisal systems and the faculty recruitment plan). (Consultant services if required can also be procured for the above said activities.)
Sub-component 1.2: Widening Impact through ATUs in focus states
All ATUs meeting the enabling mechanisms will be selected. The various activities are to be supported by the Action Plans from the ATUs. Some of the suggested activities are:
Procurement of Goods (equipment, furniture, books LRs, software and minor items) and minor civil works
- Centralized Research hubs opened to all faculty of affiliated institutions.
- Establishing/improving ERP/management information system for student, staff and faculty data
- Improving financial management and procurement
- A modern HR system for efficient personnel management
Improvement in Teaching, Learning and Research Competence of affiliated institutions
- Mentoring of affiliated institutions and promoting of applications to UGC/NBA
- Increasing faculty productivity and motivation
- Twinning arrangements with ATUs under Sub-component 1.3 to build capacity and improved performance
- Preparation of massive open online courses (also referred to as MOOCs), facilitating access of institutions to MOOCs
- Filling up of faculty vacancies
- Developing credit-based systems such that students in institutions could use select e-learning courses as part of their degree programs
- Greater access to digital resources
- Improving institutional governance
- Improve student learning
- Student employability
(Consultant services if required can also be procured for the above said activities.)
Sub-component 1.3: Twinning Arrangements to Build Capacity and Improve Performance of Participating Institutions and ATUs
Institutions (already participated in TEQIP-I and/or II)/ATUs will be selected on a competitive basis through Challenge Method. Selection will proceed in 3 stages. At the first stage, Eligibility criteria will be used to shortlist the TEQIP-I/TEQIP-II institutes/ Universities followed by ranking on the basis of their performance assessment. Top rankers from stage-1 will be invited to submit Institution Development Proposals (IDPs) in stage-2. The institutions will proceed to stage 3 for final selection. The proposal should include establishing a mentoring system for twinning arrangements to build the capacity and improvement in performance of institution/ATUs participating under sub-component 1.1/1.2 respectively.
Institutions are required to define the activities in their IDP that they want to carry out in the project. These activities should be under the scope of the project and are those that fulfill the objectives of the project. However, some of the suggested activities under the scope of the project are given below:
Procurement of Goods (equipment, furniture, books LRs, software and minor items) and minor civil works
Improvement in Teaching, Learning and Research competence
- Improve student learning
- Student employability
- Increasing faculty productivity and motivation
- Establishing a twinning system
- Twinning arrangements with institutions under Sub-component 1.1 to build capacity and improved performance
- Individual Institutional mentors
Component-2 Deals with System Level initiatives to strengthen sector governance and performance
Strategy of TEQIP-III
The project will be implemented in alignment with the 12th Five Year Plan (2012-17), based on faster, sustainable, and inclusive growth. It emphasizes increasing the supply of highly-skilled workers to drive the economy, as well as helping low-income states catch up with their more advanced neighbors.
The Project will be implemented through the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) of the Government of India as a Central Sector Scheme (CSS), wherein 100% funds will be provided as grants to the States, Institutions & ATUs.
The funding pattern details with respect to Government funded, Government aided institutions and ATUs are given in Section 6.
A set of Government orders for States and UTs is to be issued to achieve a high and sustained impact of the Project. These orders are to give the project institutions adequate decision making powers that will enable and encourage them to deliver quality education and undertake research in an efficient manner. The primary focus is to increase empowerment of institutions for self-governance and create incentives for achieving excellence in engineering education.
The project institutions will be required to implement academic and non-academic reforms within their self-conceived development programmes that focus on quality and relevance, excellence, resource mobilization, greater institutional autonomy with accountability, research and equity.
Professional development programmes for engineering-education policy planners, administrators and implementers at the Central, State and University levels will be organized. The Project will also support development of more efficient governance activities.
The Project will lay major emphasis on monitoring and evaluation. The prime responsibility of monitoring will lie with the institutions themselves. The management structure at the Institutional level
i.e. the Board of Governors (BoG) along with Head of the institution will monitor the progress of Institutional projects on a regular basis and provide guidance for improving the performance of the institution in project implementation. The information from project institutions will be collected through a scalable web-based Management Information System (MIS). State Governments will also regularly monitor and evaluate the progress of institutions. The Government of India and the World Bank will conduct bi-annual Joint Reviews of the Project with assistance from the National Project Implementation Unit (NPIU). The monitoring will be based on Institutional Development Proposals (IDPs) and Action Plans for ATUs prepared by each project institution and achievements will be measured through a set of performance indicators. The monitoring will focus on implementation of reforms by institutions, achievements in project activities under different sub-components, procurement of resources and services, utilization of financial allocations and achievements in faculty and staff development and management development activities.
In the project, the technical assistance to AICTE is planned which will include designing an assessment system to track student learning at different points of the undergraduate program. Surveys of students, faculty, non-teaching staff and administrators will deepen insight into how institutes address specific problems related to student learning. Assessments will be designed to provide feedback to institutes on how and where to improve, without putting undue pressure on students.
In this project, the fund will be linked to the Disbursement Linked Indicators (DLIs) and will be disbursed only after achieving and verification of some of the indicators.