The Principal Secretary, Department of Skill Development and Training, S. Suresh Kumar on Saturday said concerted efforts to push institutions of technical education to meet and maintain high standards are yielding good results with nine more government polytechnic colleges in the State securing the recognition of the National Board of Accreditation (NBA) for 17 programmes offered by them.
The nine are: ESC Government Polytechnic at Nandyal, Government Polytechnics at Kalikiri, Parvathipuram, Rajampet, Kakinada, Dharmavaram and Chandragiri, MBTS Government Polytechnic at Guntur and Government Polytechnic College at Atmakuru.
In a statement on November 25 (Saturday), Mr. Suresh Kumar said this was in addition to the recognition given to 16 programmes in nine polytechnic colleges recently. He said out of the 87 government polytechnic colleges in the State, 41 applied for the accreditation in the first phase and 18 have achieved it so far.
