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| Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Industrial internship programmes will be made compulsory: Ponmudy
Moment of honour: Minister for Higher Education K. Ponmudy
after awarding the Anna University medal to a student at the
Graduates Day function of the B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Engineering
College on Monday.
TAMBARAM: The State government will soon make it mandatory for
all technical institutions, including private, to conduct industrial
internship programmes for students, Minister for Higher Education
K. Ponmudy said on Monday.
Participating in the 20th Graduates Day function of the B.S.
Abdur Rahman Crescent Engineering College in Vandalur
on Monday, the Minister said the internship would be on the
lines of house surgeon programme for students of medicine.
A formal announcement from the government in this connection
would be made soon. The objective of making the inetrnship compulsory
was to improve the skills of students graduating from technical
institutions.
The number of self-financing colleges had increased tremendously.
Around 108 applications for starting new institutions in Tamil
Nadu from the academic year 2008 – 09 were pending with
the All India Council for Technical Education, Mr. Ponmudy said.
Lauding the administration of Crescent Engineering College for
producing several rank holders of Anna University, the Minister
said the institution was eligible for the status of a Deemed
University. He appealed to both men and women graduates to encourage
and support each other in the development of their careers.
College principal V.M. Periasamy and Correspondent Abdul Qadir
A. Rahman Buhari spoke. A total of 692 students received their
degrees on the occasion.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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