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The Directorate / Commissionerate of
College Education was set up in 1958 for the administration and
development of higher education in the Rajasthan State. In 1958
there were only 40 Colleges (24 Government, 13 Aided And 03 Unaided)
under the Control of the Commissionerate. The Commissionerate is
working under the control and administration of the Commissioner of
College Education, Rajasthan, Jaipur.
The Commissionerate plays an important role in bringing about the
quantitative and qualitative improvement in the higher education in
the State. The main function of Commissionerate is to supervise the
functioning of the colleges in the State and to regulate their
administration according to Government rules.
The budget distribution and the control of expenditure in Government
Colleges is done by Commissionerate. Apart from this the
Grant-in-aid is also provided to 71 Non Government Colleges. The
placement of teaching and non-teaching staff, service matters and
the academic control of all colleges is done by the Commissionerate.
The Commissionerate helps the colleges in obtaining development
grants from the U.G.C. and also helps in implementing programmes
like N.S.S., Rover Scouting, youth Programmes etc. It also provides
grants for organization of the academic conferences and seminars.
The deputation to refresher courses and other academic programmes is
also done by the Commissionerate.
The Commissionerate is having six zonal offices situated at Ajmer,
Jodhpur, Udaipur, Bikaner, Kota and Jaipur. The Department of Higher
Education is being administered at Secretariat level by Principal
Secretary, Deputy Secretary, Asst. Secretary and one OSD.
The Commissionerate has 27 officers who deal with (a) UGC (b) 12
Universities (c) 4 Deemed Universities (d) 117 Government Colleges
(e) 751 Private Colleges & 9 Self Financing Colleges.
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Engineering: Private sector participation in technical
education has yielded good results. The total number of engineering
colleges in the private sector has gone up to 40 in the session
2006-2007. A new Engineering College as faculty of Engineering in
MLS, University, Udaipur as also started functioning from the
session 2005-06. Thus, including 6 previously running engineering
colleges in the public sector, total 47 Engineering Colleges are
functioning in the State; the total intake capacity has gone up to
15715 in the year 2006-07.
The State Government is promoting Private Sector Participation in
the field of Technical Education and has conveyed its consent to All
India Council for Technical Education for all proposals pertaining
to establishment of Technical Institutions in the State in Private
Sector.
Master of Computer Application (MCA): TThe number of
private MCA institutes in the State has gone up to 21 in the year
2006-07. Thus, including 5 public sector MCA institutes, the total
number of MCA institutes is now 26; the intake capacity of M.C.A.
courses is 1530 students per year in 2006 - 2007.
Master of Business Administration (MBA): Private
sector participation has also led to an increase in MBA institutes
and the number has gone up to 53 in 2006-07. At present, 48
institutes are conducting MBA course and 5 institutes are
functioning in the Govt. sector. The total intake capacity of the
institutions conducting MBA course is 3325 students per year. The
State Government is promoting Private Sector Participation in the
field of Technical Education and has conveyed its consent to All
India Council for Technical Education for all proposals pertaining
to establishment of M.B.A. Institutions in the State in Private
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