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| Thursday, June 10, 2008
Engineering colleges mushroom
Anna University, Coimbatore, gets 28 colleges
Coimbatore: Engineering counselling for general category is
set for July 11. There is an abundance of new colleges in Anna
Universities in Chennai, Tiruchi, Tirunelveli and Coimbatore.
And Coimbatore walks away with the maximum number.
Out of the total 72 engineering colleges (70 in Tamil Nadu,
2 in Puducherry), 28 colleges (six all women colleges) are affiliated
to Anna University, Coimbatore, according to its Vice-Chancellor
R. Radhakrishnan. The university, when set up here in February
2006, had 55 engineering colleges.
In 2007 it added on 16 to take the figure to 71.
This academic year it has added another 28 to stop just short
of the 100 figure (99 as of July 9, 2008).
According to Mr. Radhakrishnan, the addition of new colleges
will encourage good competition that might lead to colleges
doing away with capitation fees.
Infrastructure facilities
He attributes the following for the increase: “The existing
colleges are providing good infrastructure facilities and adhering
to the AICTE and university norms. The university and affiliated
colleges are becoming tech-savvy. The syllabus and even the
classroom lectures are going to become digital in all the colleges.”
Besides, he believes that the mushrooming of colleges in the
region vis-À-vis others, is owing to the industrial background
and business houses promoting education that ensure enough resources
are available to provide the colleges with good facilities.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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