From the fourth five year plan onwards, the focus on technical education was to

From the fourth plan onward, technical education moved beyond mere expansion toward raising its quality and standard.

Encouraging unrestricted public-sector expansion described the thrust of the earlier plans, not the fourth.

Weeding out non-performing institutions was never stated as the central aim of this phase.

Restricting the entry of private players was not the concern of technical-education planning then.

Consolidation and improvement of existing institutions marked this stage of planning.

The First to Third Plans had focused mainly on founding new engineering and polytechnic institutions.