New Delhi: The All India Council For Technical Education (AICTE) has asked all technical colleges to explore lateral entry for students who were boarded out at the National Defence Academy (NDA) and equivalent military institutions.
AICTE has requested all technical institutes to consider lateral entry for students of the NDA and similar military institutions who were dropped out on medical grounds.
"It is requested that criteria for sympathetic consideration of such genuine cases for admission through lateral entry be explored at appropriate level in your esteemed institutions," the AICTE wrote in a recent letter, "which shall be immensely helpful for such deserving students seeking admission midway to reshape their career."
Candidates seeking engineering and other degrees are denied the opportunity to complete their studies after being pronounced partially unfit and disqualified on medical grounds, according to the AICTE.
Students of the NDA and similar institutes where physical fitness is a high focus are declared partially unfit and forced to leave the institute on medical grounds,.
While working for the same organisation, the individuals are also pursuing their Diploma, BA, BSc, BTech, and MTech degrees, but they are unable to complete them due to the difficulty in securing admission to technical colleges.
"NEP 2020 already provides for multiple entry-multiple departure, crediting completed courses in the Academic Bank of Credit and using it later, at the same place or elsewhere," the Council added.
Petition to the PM
Chaturvedi said he wrote a series of letters to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, and Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan between January and March this year. The letter, signed by 50 people like Chaturvedi, asked the central government to allow them to continue their education at other institutions.
“A small number of officer cadets each year get invalidated out of training due to injury sustained during training that is inherently hazardous. Due to invalidation on medical grounds these officer cadets lose their job and their dream to serve as an officer in the armed forces,” one such letter accessed by ThePrint said.
“In absence of resettlement/reemployment provision by the armed forces they are left to their own fate.”
The letter said the absence of a provision that allows lateral entry into other institutions negates the time spent training in military academies.
“I shall be grateful if you could instruct the concerned ministry and departments to make arrangements for lateral entry in 2nd year/3rd year of graduation at all universities for such cadets who are invalidated on medical grounds from academy during their tenure in NDA/MCME/CME and others,” the letter said.
“Such cadets if invalidated in 3rd year have to start their graduation afresh. As of now, there is no provision for lateral entry in 2nd year or 3rd year of graduation, the time spent in training for the nation goes in vain.”
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