SHILLONG, AUG 7: Education Minister Rakkam A Sangma on Wednesday said the Shillong Engineering College will be opened as soon as the suggestion from the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) has been fulfilled.
The Shillong Engineering College, which is the first in the state, lacked separate administrative buildings as pointed out by the AICTE.
Speaking to reporters after an inspection, Sangma said, “Construction of the building has already been completed and due process is on to make it functional.”
“However due to certain observations from the AICTE, we are not able to function immediately. The observation from the AICTE is that they should have separate administrative buildings. Therefore, we are coming up with a separate administrative building. We hope this college of engineering will function at the earliest,” he said.
The minister said the government is expecting to be able to start a few courses in the Shillong Engineering College by the next academic session. The college will have five departments – civil engineering, mining, mechanical, electrical and computer sciences.
“This will be the first engineering college in the state and we are working and we will recruit the faculty and staff at the earliest and will make it functional at the earliest as the building is ready. However, all these processes will be taken up at the earliest as per requirement of AICTE,” he added.
