Govt says 76 unapproved foreign technical courses on offer

New Delhi, Mar 17 (UNI) The Government today said 76 institutions are conducting unapproved foreign university courses in the field of technical education, according to the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE).

Stating this, Minister of State for Human Resource Development D Purandeswari told the Rajya Sabha in a written reply that while there were no authentic statistics available with regard to foreign educational institutions operating in the country, a list of unapproved institutions conducting such courses was available on the AICTE website, www.aicte.ernet.in.

"Public notices have been issued by AICTE in all leading newspapers and displayed on the AICTE website cautioning the students," she said.

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