Vacant seats in Engineering Colleges 2013 – latest update: In Bangalore more than 9,000 CET engineering seats vacant. According to a press note from the Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA), 56,002 seats have been filled so far. While initially 8,772 seats were available for the extended round, 773 seats were surrendered by students, while 327 were surrendered to the government by managements. Simultaneously, 34 seats were added from new architecture colleges. In the end, 9,906 seats were on offer for the students, out of which only 679 seats were taken. A major reason being attributed to the failure in filling up more seats despite the extended round is because several students who wished to avail a subsidized government or government-quota seat under the Common Entrance Test (CET) had already taken seats under the Consortium of Medical, Engineering and Dental Colleges of Karnataka (COMEDK). In Orissa too, over 27,000 Engg seats remain vacant. More than 3,000 candidates have been allotted seats in engineering colleges during the 2nd phase of counselling conducted by the OJEE. The OJEE officials said more than 27,000 seats had remained vacant after the first round of counselling. After the completion of second round, number of vacant seats still is at an all-time high. The sanctioned strength in government colleges is more than 3,000 seats and in private engineering colleges, it is more than 42,300 seats. The number of vacant seats, even after second round of counselling in the engineering colleges, is more than 23,500. This is more than half of the sanctioned strength of all engineering colleges. The problem of vacant seats is mostly faced by private colleges. The government colleges though had no problem in filling up their seats. And in Tamilnadu, more than 80,000 engg seats fall and academicians attribute three factors to the development. The first factor is AICTE is sanctioning new engineering colleges in areas where there are already too many; approvals for additional seats in any stream of engineering in existing colleges, and the surrender of “significantly high” number of management quota seats for counselling. At the end of the general counselling of Tamil Nadu Engineering Admission (TNEA) on Friday, 80,689 seats remained vacant out of a total of 2.05 lakh seats. Academics from Anna University and engineering colleges maintain that it is wrong to say that the interest for engineering has declined. While it is true that the scramble for seats is not like what it used to be in the past, this trend is attributed to various other reasons. In Mumbai also, only 4,247 of 54,852 vacant engineering seats were filled in the counselling round. Thus, the number of vacant seats after the final round of admission in the state’s engineering colleges is more than 50,000 this year, as compared to around 44,000 in 2012. Most of the vacant seats are in courses like information technology, electronics and telecommunications. The state government will open a window for students who made it to the merit list, but were unable to report for admissions for several reasons. After the two CAP (centralised admission process) rounds, there were 54,941 vacant seats. Several leading colleges in the state such as the VJTI and the College of Engineering Pune had over 70 seats vacant. In BIT Sindri, 155 engineering seats still remain vacant after the first round of admission. Despite the mad rush for admission, nearly 155 out of 711 seats in all the 10 branches in engineering remained vacant at BIT Sindri. The institute has sent the list of vacancies to the science department for second round of counselling. Total 32 seats in mechanical engineering, 24 in electrical engineering, nine in production engineering, 11 in metallurgical engineering, 20 in chemical engineering, 11 in civil engineering, 14 in electronics and communication engineering, 13 in mining engineering, 14 in computer science and seven IT remained vacant after first counselling. BIT expects more vacancies after spot admission at different NITs in July end. In Chennai, more than 40% of engineering seats vacant, of the 2.05 lakh seats made available as government quota, around 1.22 lakh were filled. Last year, 58,000 seats remained unfilled at the end of counselling. Indications that the number would be greater this year came early. Before counselling began on June 21, officials felt more than 15,000 seats would go empty as the number of applications received was lower than the number of seats. This year, mechanical and civil engineering saw a rush of students, while the popular circuit branches took a hit. While more than 70% of mechanical and civil engineering seats were filled, less than 60% of the seats in any of the circuit branches, including electronics and communications engineering, were taken. Source; successcds.net
Posted on: Fri, 02 Aug 2013 10:45:25 +0000
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