Indore: Scrapping of 75% attendance rule circular was fake: AICTE

Indore: All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) on Friday issued a public notice stating that a circular issued on AICTE letterhead regarding scrapping of 75 per cent attendance rule was fake.

“Your attention in drawn to a fake circular issued on AICTE letterhead regarding scrapping of 75% attendance rule and introducing vocational projects which has become viral on social media/network. The circular is misleading and mischievous,” AICTE vice-chairman MP Poonia said in the notice addressed AICTE approved institutions.

“We would like to confirm that the AICTE has not issued any circular in this regard. The AICTE is lodging a complaint against the fake circular in the cyber crime cell of Delhi Police. You are therefore requested to ignore the aforesaid circular if it comes to your notice and inform your faculty and students accordingly,” he added.

On Thursday, a circular on AICTE letterhead had claimed that Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) had scrapped the 75 per cent attendance rule in BE/BTech courses. The circular addressed to engineering colleges stated: “To address the declining employability of over 12 Lakh engineering graduates, the MHRD has decided to scrap the 75 per cent attendance rule w.e.f January 18 due to inability of updating the syllabus on new technologies and advancements regularly.”