No quota for EWS in engg counselling, this yr, says minister
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:04.06.2019
Due to the lack of official communication from the central government, the Tamil Nadu government will not follow the 10% reservation for economically weaker sections among general category candidates in engineering admissions this year, higher education minister K P Anbalagan has said.
The Tamil Nadu Engineering Admissions committee on Monday assigned random numbers to 1.33 lakh candidates who applied for online engineering counselling this year.
Interacting with media representatives after assigning the random numbers, the minister said the state government would introduce the quota from next year after receiving the official order from the central government.
“For government quota, we have 1.42 lakh seats. Engineering colleges have surrendered 29,393 seats under management quota to the counselling. So, this year counselling will be conducted for 1.72 lakh seats,” he said.
The number of applications have come down from 1.59 lakh last year to 1.33 lakh this year.
The minister said 494 engineering colleges are participating in this year’s counselling while 15 engineering colleges have opted out due to falling admissions.
The 10-digit random numbers would be used to break the tie when many candidates score the same marks during the ranking process. Certificate verification would be conducted from June 7 to 12 across 42 TNEA facilitation centres in the state. “Initially, we announced that the certificate verification would take place from June 6 to 11. But, due to uncertainty over Ramzan holiday we have now moved it to June 7,” Anbalagan said.
The minister also released a booklet containing information about 494 engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu. R Vivekanandan, commissioner, Directorate of Technical Education, said efforts have been made for smooth conduct of online engineering counselling this year. “The counselling is being conducted with the help of professors from Annamalai University, Bharathidasan University and those from government colleges,” he said.
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:04.06.2019
Due to the lack of official communication from the central government, the Tamil Nadu government will not follow the 10% reservation for economically weaker sections among general category candidates in engineering admissions this year, higher education minister K P Anbalagan has said.
The Tamil Nadu Engineering Admissions committee on Monday assigned random numbers to 1.33 lakh candidates who applied for online engineering counselling this year.
Interacting with media representatives after assigning the random numbers, the minister said the state government would introduce the quota from next year after receiving the official order from the central government.
“For government quota, we have 1.42 lakh seats. Engineering colleges have surrendered 29,393 seats under management quota to the counselling. So, this year counselling will be conducted for 1.72 lakh seats,” he said.
The number of applications have come down from 1.59 lakh last year to 1.33 lakh this year.
The minister said 494 engineering colleges are participating in this year’s counselling while 15 engineering colleges have opted out due to falling admissions.
The 10-digit random numbers would be used to break the tie when many candidates score the same marks during the ranking process. Certificate verification would be conducted from June 7 to 12 across 42 TNEA facilitation centres in the state. “Initially, we announced that the certificate verification would take place from June 6 to 11. But, due to uncertainty over Ramzan holiday we have now moved it to June 7,” Anbalagan said.
The minister also released a booklet containing information about 494 engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu. R Vivekanandan, commissioner, Directorate of Technical Education, said efforts have been made for smooth conduct of online engineering counselling this year. “The counselling is being conducted with the help of professors from Annamalai University, Bharathidasan University and those from government colleges,” he said.
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