World Bank’s engineering programme
India has signed a Financing Agreement with #World Bank for US$201.50 million for “Third Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP III)”
The Agreement was signed on 1 Feb 2017 by Raj Kumar (Joint Secretary, #Department of Economic Affairs) on behalf of Government and Junaid Kamal Ahmad, Country Director, World Bank (India) on behalf of the World Bank.
The program is to enhance quality and equity in participating Engineering Education Institutes and improve the efficiency of the Engineering Education System in Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, 8 North Eastern States and Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
It has two main components, (i) Improving quality and equity in engineering institutes in those states; and (ii) System-level initiatives to strengthen sector governance and performance. fii-news.com
