Directorate of Technical Education, Maharashtra


The '''Directorate of Technical Education Maharashtra has more than 2000 educational institutions in the state use DTE Maharashtra exams.
The Directorate conducts entrance test including MH-CET, the state entrance test for admission in technical institute degree courses, including Diploma courses for Bachelor of Architecture and Bachelor of Hotel Management and catering technology.

Objective

The Directorate is to maintain and enhance the quality of technical education by defining policies, developing government institutions, supervising private institutions, interacting with industry and national level institutions, coordinating with other state and national departments and organizations and to contribute to the development of industry society at large.
The Directorate conducts admission tests to manage enrollment of tens of thousands of engineering students across the state. After the fourth round of counseling during the academic year 2016-2017 more than 51,000 seats were vacant.
The Directorate of Technical education obtained permission from the Maharashtra government for another round testing, but not enough qualified candidates emerged.