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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NEET-UG mock drills underway across centres ahead of May 4 entrance
New Delhi (PTI): Mock drills were conducted at all NEET-UG centres on Saturday to ensure smooth conduct of the nationwide medical entrance, according to an official source.
The crucial exam is scheduled for May 4 at 5,453 centres in over 500 cities across the country. This year, over 22.7 lakh candidates have registered for the exam.
"There will be three layers of monitoring on the exam day – at the District, State, and Centre levels," a Ministry of Education (MoE) source said.
Most of the centres this year are located in government and government-aided schools, colleges, universities, and institutions.
"To ensure smooth and secure conduct of the exam, mock drills are being conducted at all centres. These drills will help test readiness in terms of functionality of mobile signal jammers; availability of adequate manpower for frisking; and biometric authentication procedures," the source said.
The ministry has said that candidates found indulging in unfair means – before, during, or after the examination – will be booked under Unfair Means (UFM) and penalised accordingly.
"The penalties include debarment of up to three years from appearing in NTA exams (based on severity) and criminal and/or legal action under the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024," said the person.
The strict measures come a year after alleged irregularities including paper-leak were flagged in NEET which put the integrity of the exam under scanner.
