Bengaluru: Higher Education Minister Dr C. N. Ashwath Narayan announced on Thursday September 2 that the last date for admissions for first-semester polytechnic diploma courses in the State has been extended till September 20.
Further minister informed that admissions for regular diploma courses were earlier scheduled to be closed by August 31. “The extended date will be applicable to 62 government polytechnic colleges and 34 aided institutions for engineering and non-engineering diploma courses,” he added.
Dr. Ashwath Narayan stressed here that, NEP is introduced in the State to bring comprehensive changes in the educational system and also to provide freedom to choose multi-disciplinary courses and skill-based learning.
Collegiate and Technical Education Department Commissioner P. Pradeep gave a power-point presentation on the salient features of NEP.