The state government plans to set up three more engineering colleges, including one in.
"We are awaiting approval from the All Council for Technical Education (AICTE) to establish the three colleges,'' higher education minister told reporters on Wednesday.
These three will join the league of 185 colleges in the state to meet the growing need for engineers in various fields. "Once the approval comes through, we will mother the projects towards early completion," he added.
He said higher education principal secretary Latha Krishna Rao will meet officials in on Monday to pursue their demand to allow Karnataka to follow the eligibility criteria of 2010 in the selection process. "This is because of the AICTE norms where the eligibility criteria for SC/ST students has been increased from 40% to 45%. The general merit eligibility criteria has also been raised to 50% this year from 45% last year, denying ranking to 17,217 students who are in the range of 40 to 49.99 percentage. So we fear that this may lead to a further increase in the number of vacant engineering seats in the state,'' he said.
"We are awaiting approval from the All Council for Technical Education (AICTE) to establish the three colleges,'' higher education minister told reporters on Wednesday.
These three will join the league of 185 colleges in the state to meet the growing need for engineers in various fields. "Once the approval comes through, we will mother the projects towards early completion," he added.
He said higher education principal secretary Latha Krishna Rao will meet officials in on Monday to pursue their demand to allow Karnataka to follow the eligibility criteria of 2010 in the selection process. "This is because of the AICTE norms where the eligibility criteria for SC/ST students has been increased from 40% to 45%. The general merit eligibility criteria has also been raised to 50% this year from 45% last year, denying ranking to 17,217 students who are in the range of 40 to 49.99 percentage. So we fear that this may lead to a further increase in the number of vacant engineering seats in the state,'' he said.
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