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| Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Vocational category: engineering seats increased
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu Government told the Madras High Court
that the number of engineering seats meant for Plus Two vocational
category students had been increased from 700 to 2,400.
A submission to this effect was made by Additional Government
Pleader (Education) V. Viswanathan, when a writ petition filed
by a student seeking enhancement in the sanctioned intake came
up for admission before Justice V. Dhanapalan.
The Judge, recording the statement of the law officer, who also
furnished a copy of a Government Order dated August 21, disposed
of the writ petition.
In his petition, J. Velmurugan of Cuddalore district submitted
that despite the increase in the number of vocational category
courses and students at Plus Two level, as well as that of engineering
colleges in Tamil Nadu, the number of seats reserved in engineering
courses for this category continued to remain 700.
Beneficial for rural students
Pointing out that vocational stream students pursued mostly
engineering education after Plus Two, the petitioner said increasing
the intake would benefit students from rural areas.
The Governmsent Order said the Government had decided to increase
the number of seats to at least 4 per cent of the about 60,000
available engineering seats.
It would work out to 2,400 seats, of which 700 have already
been filled during centralised counselling, the order read.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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