Report of Working Group on Technical Education

Abstract

In November 1977, the Ministry of Education and Social Welfare, Government of India, set up a Working Group for Technical Education to review the present status of the nation’s needs during the coming decade and to suggest re-orientation and improvements to the existing programmes. At the first meeting of the Working Group in November 1977, the following five subjects were identified which required indepth study and which could form the basis for further deliberations. ‘Technical Manpower’, ‘Research and Development’, ‘Diversification and Re-designing of the existing programmes’, ‘Quality Improvement’ and ‘Industry— Instituional Collaboration’. The Group finally met in January 1978 and have made the recommendations.