More than 30 Engineering colleges get zero admissions in state!
Bengaluru, August 21: In the present academic year, more than 30 engineering colleges in the state have got zero admissions into engineering courses under Comed-K entrance test.
The admission process under the government and Comed-K quota for engineering courses for the academic year 2018-19 was closed recently. According to the data from Comed-K, more than 62 per cent seats under Comed-K quota were not filled. This year, total 16,236 engineering seats were available under the Comed-K quota. Of them, 10,175 seats are not filled.
Interestingly, 33 engineering colleges in the state did not get even a single student and each of the 33 other colleges have less than 10 admissions. Only 10 colleges have 80 to 99 per cent seats were filled. In the government quota, out of 64,000 seats, more than 21,000 seats were lying vacant, it is said.
Six engineering colleges which got 100 per cent admissions have shared 1,349 seats and among those six colleges, four are situated in Bengaluru and two in Mysuru.
As per the Comed-K and college managements, the trend of less demand to the engineering courses is not new. Same trend has been continuing for the last eight years.
Comed-K executive secretary Dr S Kumar said that nowadays, students have become more intelligent. They would not fall prey to the advertisements and false assurances. The engineering colleges have to ensure basic infrastructure and quality education, he said.
Civil, Mechanical divisions have less demand
For the last three-four years, computer science division was cornered like civil and mechanical. But this year, compared to previous years, the computer science division has got good number of students. But the civil and mechanical departments have less demand, officers said.
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Real Madrid fines Valverde and Tchouaméni half a million euros each for altercation
Barcelona (AP): Real Madrid slapped players Federico Valverde and Aurélien Tchouaméni with half-a-million-euro ($588,000) fines on Friday for their altercation during practice.
The massive fines came a day after the midfielders tussled when the team trained. Valverde said in a post on social media on Thursday that no punches were thrown. But Valverde knocked his head on a table and he suffered a small cut that required a brief hospital visit.
On social media, Valverde initially called it a “meaningless fight” with a teammate and said “everything has been blown out of proportion."
His employers, however, considered it a significant enough breach of team discipline to nail both Valverde and Tchouaméni with fines that bite even the bank account of a top soccer player. The half-a-million euro penalties reflect the reputational damage the club was enduring in a chaotic end to a disappointing season.
In a statement, the 15-time European champion said its disciplinary action was concluded after both players expressed to the club “their complete remorse for what happened and apologized to one another.”
Madrid added they also apologized to their teammates, the coaching staff and club supporters, as well as showing their willingness to accept whatever disciplinary action the club deemed “opportune.”
Tchouaméni was back training with Madrid on Friday, two days before they play at Barcelona in a clasico. Madrid has to win otherwise Barcelona will be crowned La Liga champion.
After being notified of the fine, he posted a public apology to the club and its fans on social media.
“What happened this week in training is unacceptable,” Tchouaméni wrote. "I say this while thinking about the example we are expected to set for young people, whether in football or at school.
“Above all, I am sorry for the image we projected of the club.”
Valverde was not at practice due to the head knock.
Both players are set to play in the World Cup next month, with Tchouaméni playing for France and Valverde for Uruguay.
Chaotic end to a poor season
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The run-in between the players, who for seasons have played side by side in Madrid's midfield, came after they argued this week in previous training sessions. But tempers boiled over on Thursday. Spanish media was rife with reports that the players previously disagreed over the club's decision to let coach Xabi Alonso go after just months on the job.
It was not the only altercation involving Madrid players during training this week. Álvaro Carreras confirmed he was in a “minor” incident with a teammate. Spanish media said he and fellow defender Antonio Rüdiger got into a scuffle.
Álvaro Arbeloa, the coach who was promoted from Madrid's reserve team when Alonso was fired in January, will face tough questions on what went wrong inside the changing room when he gives a press conference on Saturday ahead of the clasico at Camp Nou.
Madrid is facing a second consecutive campaign without a major trophy amid rumors in the Spanish media that club president Florentino Pérez is considering bringing back Jose Mourinho to straighten out his underperforming team.
