Jun 04 2017 : The Times of India (Chennai)

1.2L students apply for engg counselling

Chennai: TIMES NEWS NETWORK





With an 82% dip in the registration for counselling in the past five years, the Tamil Nadu Engineering Admission (TNEA) wrapped up its application process on Saturday with seemingly fewer students than ever taking up the state engineering counselling this year.According to TNEA officials, about 1.26 lakh students registered for the counselling which will be conducted by Anna University on July 1. Counselling for special quota students is on June 23. The numbers have fallen from 1.84 lakh registrations last year and are a distant low from the peak of 2.28 lakh in 2012. The fall is being touted as a signal for the steady decline in inter est for the state's counselling process.
However, on Saturday, a few parents and students were spotted on the Anna University campus clarifying last-minute doubts as the deadline for the applications neared. Ramu S, an applicant, said save a minor lastminute glitch with the university's website, the application process went by smoothly. “It was inaccessible for 20 to 30 minutes. But after a while I filled up my form,“ he said.
The applications will now be processed by TNEA officials. Students will be selected from the applicant-pool based on merit (Class XII marks) and will be called for the single-window counselling for seat allotment in colleges affiliated to Anna University.