Anil Sahasrabudhe, chairman of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), says the government is not hostile to Ed-Tech companies, but they cannot offer diploma or degree courses, which are not their domain. The comments by the AICTE chairman come after the technical education regulator and University Grants Commission (UGC) warned universities and colleges against offering courses in distance learning and online mode in association with Ed-Tech companies, saying no “franchise” agreement is permissible as per norms. “We are not against Ed-Tech companies, but they cannot be allowed …
