TANCET admissions end with 82% seats vacant
31/08/2019, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT,CHENNAI
Around 82% of the seats for postgraduate programmes in engineering colleges in the State will go vacant this year. The counselling for Tamil Nadu Common Admissions was held this week and of the 15,574 seats in the State, 12,801 remained vacant. Even in Anna University, of the 2,198 seats, 895 lie vacant.
Professors say one of the reasons is poor job opportunties for candidates with a PG qualification. AICTE’s decision to alter the faculty-student ratio from 1:20 to 1:25 also played a part, a faculty member said.
A faculty in a self-financing institution in the western region said the vacancies were higher in some departments alone. Of the 18 seats in civil engineering in the college 17 had been filled, he said. “We have to factor in the issue of students getting placed after applying for PG,” he noted.
Until a couple of years ago, IIT-Madras faced a similar situation. While UG candidates got placed easily, the institute struggled to place PGs.
It then made an effort to improve job opportunities for the students through their alumni network. Last year, it saw a turn around with PGs and research scholars also being placed with handsome pay package.
31/08/2019, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT,CHENNAI
Around 82% of the seats for postgraduate programmes in engineering colleges in the State will go vacant this year. The counselling for Tamil Nadu Common Admissions was held this week and of the 15,574 seats in the State, 12,801 remained vacant. Even in Anna University, of the 2,198 seats, 895 lie vacant.
Professors say one of the reasons is poor job opportunties for candidates with a PG qualification. AICTE’s decision to alter the faculty-student ratio from 1:20 to 1:25 also played a part, a faculty member said.
A faculty in a self-financing institution in the western region said the vacancies were higher in some departments alone. Of the 18 seats in civil engineering in the college 17 had been filled, he said. “We have to factor in the issue of students getting placed after applying for PG,” he noted.
Until a couple of years ago, IIT-Madras faced a similar situation. While UG candidates got placed easily, the institute struggled to place PGs.
It then made an effort to improve job opportunities for the students through their alumni network. Last year, it saw a turn around with PGs and research scholars also being placed with handsome pay package.
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