Murshidabad College of Engineering & Technology

TECHNICAL EDUCATION QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME (TEQIP) PHASE-II

Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP) was envisaged in 2003 as a long-term programme of about 10-12 years duration to be implemented in 2-3 phases for transformation of the Technical Education System with the World Bank assistance. In the first phase TEQIP-I started a reform process in 127 institutions and ended successfully in March, 2008.

The reform process needs to be sustained and scaled-up for embedding gains in the system and taking the transformation to a higher level. MCET has been selected for subcomponent 1.1 on TEQIP-II.

Project Aim

The TEQIP Phase II is aimed to upscale and support ongoing efforts of Govt. of India on improving quality of Technical Education and enhancing existing capabilities of the institution to become dynamic, demand driven, quality conscious, efficient and forward looking, respective to rapid economic and technological developments occurring both at national level and international levels.

The main objectives of subcomponent 1.1 are to improve the quality of education by strengthening institutions to improve learning outcomes and employability of graduates.

The main objectives of subcomponent 1.1 are to improve the quality of education by strengthening institutions to improve learning outcomes and employability of graduates.

Utilization of Budget

Obtaining autonomous institution status as per UGC norms within 2 years
Updating of learning resources including digitization of library books
Starting new PG programmes & Doctoral Programmes
New Laboratory for new PG Programmes
Providing Teaching/ Research Assistantship
Faculty and Staff development for improved competence based on TNA
Enhanced interaction with industry
Institutional management capacity enhancement
Implementation of institutional reforms : both Academic and Non- academic
Academic support for weak students
Incremental operating cost

Project Objectives

Strengthening Institutions to produce high quality engineers for better employability
Scaling-up postgraduate education and demand-driven Research & Development and Innovation
Establishing Centers of Excellence for focused applicable research
Training of faculty for effective Teaching
Enhancing Institutional and System Management effectiveness