THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In a bid to regain the affiliation of All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), the state government has sanctioned 26 new posts at the Central Polytechnic College (CPT) here to meet the staff pattern the regulator prescribed. Education minister C. Raveendranath told the Assembly that a delegation led by CPT principal had gone to Delhi to submit documents of the steps taken for improving facilities at the college.
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan also personally took up the matter with the centre, he said. "About 360 students had lost the chance to get admitted to the college as it lost affiliation. We hope that the AICTE would be convinced of the steps we took," the minister said while replying to a submission of K. Muraleedharan of the Congress.
The minister maintained that the delay in submitting the details of infrastructure and staff pattern of the college was due to certain technical issues. Though the college authorities submitted the details online in time, it did not reach AICTE.
Though a team appointed by AICTE later inspected the college, they also refused to give the permission.
The intervention of higher education secretary also did not yield any result. Hence the Chief Minister himself wrote to the Union HRD minister on June 13 assuring that infrastructure of the college would be improved soon. The finance department also ratified the demand for creating 26 new posts to meet the AICTE norms, he said.
Mr Muraleedharan demanded the government to take swift measures to regain the affiliation. He said that students were concerned over the loss of AICTE affiliation. Established in 1958, CPT was the first polytechnic college in the state.
