214 Self financing engineering colleges in TN fill less than 10 seats each
Posted on: 11/Aug/2018 10:09:53 AM
On Thursday, 9th August 2018, third round of Tamil Nadu Engineering Admissions or TNEA counselling got completed. The sensational piece of news is as many as 214 self financing engineering colleges that is more than 40 % of the total engineering colleges in TN have filled less than 10 seats each. It is shocking to mention here that 71 engineering colleges have not filled even a single seat.
It is now said that many colleges would fail to fill the AICTE mandated 30 % seats after 5 rounds of counselling. Out of total of 4723 engineering colleges just 47 colleges have filled more than 30 % seats till now. Even after the end of third round many colleges have low numbers filled and it is clear that many colleges would struggle to fill 50 seats by the end also.
As per Mr. Jayaprakash Gandhi who is education and career consultant, students showing lack of interest in engineering began few years back and in this year this has become more. He spoke about how this would be a wake- up call for both institutions as well as engineering recruiters. Later he stressed the importance of planning the syllabus as per the needs of the industry. He also spoke about how Anna University and other affiliated colleges should rethink and invest in future technologies. The number of eligible candidates in the next round is 23000 while 26000 are eligible below the 125 cut-off. This was confirmed by the officials of TNEA.
A faculty member of a popular college explained how after cut-offs drops the number of absentees increases. He later highlighted that it would be difficult going forward with less than 50000 eligible candidates left. He spoke about how the top engineering colleges have still many seats left. The lack of interest in the students going for engineering is due to the fact that the students prefer arts and science subjects more now. Many top students aim for civil services is another reason. According to Mr. Gandhi, the preferences for traditional brand colleges have reduced in this year when compared to the previous years.
It is clear now that newer colleges like Chennai Institute of Technology, Sri Eswar etc have done better this year with respect to the percentage of seats filled. Factors like placement records and teaching standards play crucial role in selecting an engineering college and this was confirmed by professor Manivannan of RMK group of Institutions. He later spoke about how the engineering aspirants discuss with the students who have passed out of a college. The aspirants also talk with the current batch of students and faculty before applying. Professor Manivannan finally spoke about how the engineering colleges in cities like Chennai and Coimbatore fare well than the others.
