40% engg colleges fill < 10 seats each
Vinayashree.J@timesgroup.com
Chennai:
After the third round of Tamil Nadu Engineering Admissions (TNEA) counselling ended on Thursday, 214 self-financing engineering colleges — which is more than 40% of the total number of colleges in the state — have filled less than 10 seats each, while 71 have not filled even a single seat Going by the trend, educationists say, many colleges will fail to fill the AICTE-mandated 30% seats after five rounds of counselling. Only 47 of the 473 self-financing colleges have filled more than 30% seats so far.
“Given that so many colleges have such low numbers at the end of the third round, many of them will struggle to fill even 50 seats by the end. This year particularly is showing dip in interest in engineering, which started off as a pattern a few years ago,” said educationist and career consultant Jayaprakash Gandhi.
‘Anna Univ has to invest in future tech’
Jayaprakash Gandhi said, “This is a wake-up call for both institutions and engineering recruiters. Anna University and its affiliated colleges have to rethink and invest in future technologies and plan their syllabus according to the industry’s needs.”
TNEA officials said the number of eligible candidates in the next round is 23,000, while 26,000 are eligible below the 125 cut-off. As cut-offs drop, the number of absentees increases usually, said a faculty member of a reputed college. “With less than 50,000 eligible candidates left, it is going to be a challenge going forward. The top colleges still have many seats left,” he said.
The veering of students towards other streams including courses in arts and science colleges is a major reason, say colleges. Many top students are also aiming for civil services.
Preferences for even the traditional ‘brand’ colleges had taken a hit this year over previous years, said Gandhi. “Newer ones like Chennai Institute of Technology, Sri Eswar and others have done much better in terms of percentage of seats filled compared to previous years and are competing with the traditional brands.”
Prof Manivannan of RMK Group of Institutions said students and parents were no longer just aiming for an ‘engineering college’ butlooking at placement records and teaching standards. “Engineering aspirants talk to students who have passedoutof a college aswell as the current batch of students and faculty before applying. They are leaning toward easy accessibility, so colleges in cities like Chennai and Coimbatore are faring well,” he said.
Vinayashree.J@timesgroup.com
Chennai:
After the third round of Tamil Nadu Engineering Admissions (TNEA) counselling ended on Thursday, 214 self-financing engineering colleges — which is more than 40% of the total number of colleges in the state — have filled less than 10 seats each, while 71 have not filled even a single seat Going by the trend, educationists say, many colleges will fail to fill the AICTE-mandated 30% seats after five rounds of counselling. Only 47 of the 473 self-financing colleges have filled more than 30% seats so far.
“Given that so many colleges have such low numbers at the end of the third round, many of them will struggle to fill even 50 seats by the end. This year particularly is showing dip in interest in engineering, which started off as a pattern a few years ago,” said educationist and career consultant Jayaprakash Gandhi.
‘Anna Univ has to invest in future tech’
Jayaprakash Gandhi said, “This is a wake-up call for both institutions and engineering recruiters. Anna University and its affiliated colleges have to rethink and invest in future technologies and plan their syllabus according to the industry’s needs.”
TNEA officials said the number of eligible candidates in the next round is 23,000, while 26,000 are eligible below the 125 cut-off. As cut-offs drop, the number of absentees increases usually, said a faculty member of a reputed college. “With less than 50,000 eligible candidates left, it is going to be a challenge going forward. The top colleges still have many seats left,” he said.
The veering of students towards other streams including courses in arts and science colleges is a major reason, say colleges. Many top students are also aiming for civil services.
Preferences for even the traditional ‘brand’ colleges had taken a hit this year over previous years, said Gandhi. “Newer ones like Chennai Institute of Technology, Sri Eswar and others have done much better in terms of percentage of seats filled compared to previous years and are competing with the traditional brands.”
Prof Manivannan of RMK Group of Institutions said students and parents were no longer just aiming for an ‘engineering college’ butlooking at placement records and teaching standards. “Engineering aspirants talk to students who have passedoutof a college aswell as the current batch of students and faculty before applying. They are leaning toward easy accessibility, so colleges in cities like Chennai and Coimbatore are faring well,” he said.
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