Vacant seats haunt Private engineering colleges

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Follow us:WhatsappFacebookTwitterTelegram.cls-1{fill:#4d4d4d;}.cls-2{fill:#fff;}Google NewsMore than 20 private engineering colleges across the State have received less than 50 students each. In each of the 14 colleges, between 50 and 100 students have taken admission. This is the scenario when the average sanctioned strength for most of the colleges is more than 300 seats.The one college that did not receive any student at all is Eklavya College of Technology and Science, against a sanctioned strength of 378.Similarly, Gopal Krushna College of Engineering and Technology (GKCET) received just three students, International Institute of Engineering and Technology (IIET) received only six students and eight students each took admission in Indotech College of Engineering and Vikash College of Engineering for Women.Ironically, other than GKCET, the rest of the colleges, on an average, had been sanctioned more than 300 seats each. Some reputed colleges too faced the problem of less student intake.Top colleges like CV Raman College of Engineering failed to fill up its seats, getting 743 students against the sanctioned strength of 945. The Synergy Institute of Technology, also considered one of the preferred institutes by the engineering aspirants, received 332 students against the sanctioned strength 661.Similarly, the Orissa Engineering College (OEC), which has 724 seats, received 576 students.With such a less number of students taking admission, it will become financially difficult for many of these colleges to sustain.Maintaining the staff and infrastructure will become next to impossible if such conditions persist. The basic AICTE norms will be violated if they are unable to maintain the facilities in the college.The vacancy problem worsened during the academic year 2008-09 when around 48 new engineering colleges sprouted. It was after this that a majority of the colleges started facing the problem of vacant seats, following economic recession.“Most of the students could not get placements in good companies and in some cases, no placements at all. Not all parents can afford high tuition fees without good returns,” said a senior State Government official.Even though the State Government has fixed the tuition fees between `48,000 and ` 68,000, many of the engineering colleges take additional amount in the name of hostel or laboratory fees.With most of the colleges seeking approval online, proper verification of these colleges too has become difficult.first published:January 01, 1970, 05:30 ISTlast updated:January 01, 1970, 05:30 IST
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More than 20 private engineering colleges across the State have received less than 50 students each. In each of the 14 colleges, between 50 and 100 students have taken admission. This is the scenario when the average sanctioned strength for most of the colleges is more than 300 seats.

The one college that did not receive any student at all is Eklavya College of Technology and Science, against a sanctioned strength of 378.

Similarly, Gopal Krushna College of Engineering and Technology (GKCET) received just three students, International Institute of Engineering and Technology (IIET) received only six students and eight students each took admission in Indotech College of Engineering and Vikash College of Engineering for Women.

Ironically, other than GKCET, the rest of the colleges, on an average, had been sanctioned more than 300 seats each. Some reputed colleges too faced the problem of less student intake.

Top colleges like CV Raman College of Engineering failed to fill up its seats, getting 743 students against the sanctioned strength of 945. The Synergy Institute of Technology, also considered one of the preferred institutes by the engineering aspirants, received 332 students against the sanctioned strength 661.

Similarly, the Orissa Engineering College (OEC), which has 724 seats, received 576 students.

With such a less number of students taking admission, it will become financially difficult for many of these colleges to sustain.

Maintaining the staff and infrastructure will become next to impossible if such conditions persist. The basic AICTE norms will be violated if they are unable to maintain the facilities in the college.

The vacancy problem worsened during the academic year 2008-09 when around 48 new engineering colleges sprouted. It was after this that a majority of the colleges started facing the problem of vacant seats, following economic recession.

“Most of the students could not get placements in good companies and in some cases, no placements at all. Not all parents can afford high tuition fees without good returns,” said a senior State Government official.

Even though the State Government has fixed the tuition fees between `48,000 and ` 68,000, many of the engineering colleges take additional amount in the name of hostel or laboratory fees.

With most of the colleges seeking approval online, proper verification of these colleges too has become difficult.