The fourth and final list of the centralised admission being conducted by the Directorate of Technical Education (DTE) has shown that overall, around 52,000 seats have remained vacant in various branc
The fourth and final list of the centralised admission being conducted by the Directorate of Technical Education (DTE) has shown that overall, around 52,000 seats have remained vacant in various branches of engineering.
According to statistics released by the DTE, after the fourth round 84,384 seats have been allotted, out of the total 1,36,082 seats available. Officials have said that after the completion of the process, they may conduct a special round to fill up vacant seats in government and aided institutions.
Meanwhile, computer engineering followed by electrical engineering and telecommunication have been the most sought-after courses.
According to details shared by DTE officials, the fourth list announced on Saturday saw a total of 12,635 seats being allotted to various courses, taking the total of allotted seats to 84,384. While 51,698 seats remain vacant, the exact number will become clear after the applicants confirm their seats on Sunday.
The number of allotments has seen a drop over the past two years, with 2015 seeing 89,242 students being admitted and 88,883 being admitted in 2014.
While the number of allotments this year seems to have dropped over the previous two years, the number of vacant seats will be less as the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has put a large number of colleges in the ‘No Admission’ list for not conforming to infrastructural and academic norms.
Based on the AICTE’s action, joint director of DTE Dayanand Meshram had predicted a drop in the number of vacant seats and said that this year, the number of vacant seats would be 30 per cent as opposed to the 35 per cent in previous years.
Meanwhile, computer engineering and information technology have been the first choice for most students with a high percentile in the CET.
This can be gauged from the fact that the available seats were filled up at the end of first Centralised Admission Process (CAP) round itself. The trend also shows that electrical engineering, power and telecommunication is the second-best choice among students as most available seats were filled up by the end of the second CAP round. The only seats available in the fourth round were in mechanical engineering.
Speaking about the vacant seats, DTE director S.K. Mahajan said, “We will consider conducting a special round to fill up vacant seats in government and aided institutions. A decision on the same will be taken after the completion of the admission formalities of the fourth round.”
