| Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Engg students prefer pvt colleges
Chennai: The six new government engineering colleges, which
will start functioning from the current academic year, have
failed to attract meritorious BE/BTech aspirants.
Just as the six new Indian Institutes of Technology were not
favoured by top ranking IIT-JEE candidates this year, during
the ongoing single window counselling for engineering admissions
in Tamil Nadu, there are virtually no takers for the new government
colleges. The state government established engineering colleges
in Villupuram, Tindivanam, Ariyalur, Thirukuvalai, Ramanathapuram
and Panruti to provide facilities to the students to pursue
professional education at an affordable cost. These institutions
have been designated as Anna University (Chennai and Tiruchi)
colleges.
However, an analysis of the trends in the single window counselling
during the past four days reveals that students preferred to
join well-known self-financing colleges instead of the new government
institutions. This, despite the fact that the annual fees in
government colleges are only Rs 15,000 against Rs 40,000 charged
by colleges which offer courses accredited by the National Board
of Accreditation.
Admission statistics pertaining to the electronics and communication
engineering branch, which is the most popular course, revealed
that after seats were filled up in College of Engineering (Guindy),
Madras Institute of Technology, PSG College of Technology and
Thiagarajar College of Engineering, students had opted for self-financing
colleges.
Courtesy: The Times of India
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