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| Sunday, Jul 30, 2006
Students selective about engineering colleges
Not a single seat was taken in 153 colleges: special analysis
Chennai:In the first five days of counselling for admission to engineering colleges in the State, over 80 per cent of the seats allotted have been in "circuit" branches — Electronics and Communications, Computer Science and Information Technology. It was 74.5 per cent for the same phase in 2005.
While students and their parents have gone for these branches in the initial stage, they seem to be moving towards a choice of colleges rather than branches in the last two days, according to an special analysis done for The Hindu by Salem based consultant Jayaprakash Gandhi.
"This becomes obvious from the fact that out of the 239 colleges that have offered seats under the single window system, not even a single seat has been allotted in 153 colleges," says Mr. Gandhi. That students are choosy about colleges is clear from the fact that even Electronics and Communication Engineering seats have not been taken in 153 colleges, he points out.
Similarly, Computer Science seats have not been taken till now in 140 colleges and the figure for IT is 133 colleges.
On the basis of students who have appeared for counselling, nearly 25 per cent of those called have skipped or absented themselves.
Till July 27, at least 2,817 of the 11,425 students did not turn up, and this is almost similar to the position that prevailed last year. (See chart).
Judging by the present trend, academics and education administrators expect at least 18,000 seats to lie vacant at the end of the first phase.
It remains to be seen when the second phase will begin and how many students opt for it.
Strange feature
A strange feature, according to Mr. Gandhi, is that all seats in the following branches are vacant after the first five days: Textile Chemistry, Polymer Technology, Pharmaceutical Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, Petrochemical Engineering, and Paper and Pulp Technology.
"This despite the fact that all these courses have tremendous employment potential."
Courtesy: The Hindu
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