AICTE relaxes eligibility criterion for engineering admission
Open Category- 45% in PCM, backward class with 40% in PCM can get admission in engineering college
- Date of submitting application extended to July 8
Vikas Vaidya
Now any student who has secured 45% marks in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics at HSC examination can secure admission in Engineering College. The eligibility norm has been scaled down from minimum 50% in PCM to 45% in PCM for general category students. For backward class students the norm has been relaxed from 45% to 40%, apparently due to mismatch between number of engineering seats and number of eligible students. In Common Entrance Test, the student should have non-zero marks.
With the change in eligibility criterion for admission to engineering courses by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), now Directorate of Technical Education (DTE) has revised the schedule of admission process. The process of engineering admission that began on June 21 had earlier been extended to July 2 and then till July 6. Now the last date has been extended further till July 8.
AICTE has made certain chages in the eligibility criterion of the students to be admitted. As per the changes candidate should be an Indian National and should have passed the HSC (Std.XII) examination of Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education or its equivalent examination with subjects English, Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics and must have secured minimum 45% marks i.e. not less than 135 marks out of 300 marks (minimum 40% marks i.e. not less than 120 marks out of 300 marks in case of candidates of Backward class categories belonging only to Maharashtra State) in the subjects Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics added together.
This year 2,54,208 students appeared for the State Engineering Entrance Examination (SEEE) as compared to 2,49,052 last year. Last year, around 20000 seats were vacant. In Nagpur University the vacancy was over 7000 seats.
There are 58 Engineering colleges comes under Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University or Nagpur division with total intake of 21769 and so far only 16,000 students were eligible to apply. With the relaxation, the number of eligible candidates will increase to a great extent.
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Important tips
1. ARCs will remain open on all days of schedule (including holidays) between 11 AM to 5 PM
2. All institutes will remain open from 11AM to 5PM on all days of reporting.
3. It is Mandatory for the candidate to confirm the Online Option form at ARC and get the Receipt-cum-Acknowledgement duly signed by ARC, failing which the candidate will not be considered for allotment.
4. Candidates are required to remain personally present at the time of confirmation of option form.
6. Students can check website www.dte.org.in/fe2011. or contact on helpline numbers 022-30233444/445 for further information.
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How seats are distributed?
There are three categories of colleges, viz. Private minority institution, private non-minority institution and government institution. The distribution of seats done- in case of Private minority institution- 51% seats are for minority students, 20% seats are of management quota, out of remaining 29% seats, 15% are filled up by the students who appeared for All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE) and only 14 per cent seats are filled up through Centralised Admission Process conducted by Government.
Many times colleges are unable to fill minority quota. Such colleges surrender their vacant seats to CAP round, and then later during the rounds they add to remaining vacant seats. In Private non-minority institutions again 20% seats are for management, from remaining 80 per cent, 15% goes to AIEEE and 65 per cent are filled up through CAP. There are 21769 seats in 58 engineering colleges which are affiliated to Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University. But as per statistics given above all are not filled up through CAP. In case of government institution all seats are filled up through CAP.
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No OHU quota after first round
Till last year there were two categories in government's quota. Out of the seats being filled by CAP, 70 per cent seats were filled up in Home university and 30 per cent went to Out of home universities. This 30 per cent OHU quota used to work till third round which was the reason why seats of premier institutions remained vacant. This year OHU quota will be eliminated from second round so those 30 per cent seats will be merged with Home University quota.
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What impact will it have?
Though the change in eligibility criterion is a welcome step for students, according to experts it will affect engineering results next year. This time overall First year engineering result was very poor, thanks to increased intake and new engineering colleges which started last year and fared very poorly. A student who has scored 45 percent in PCM but fared well in State Engineering Entrance Examination (SEEE) can still get admission in a top engineering college. Because, while admitting him or her, SEEE score will be considered. Though institutions will be able to attract more students, but it will affect quality, experts pointed out.
Some ARCs in Nagpur Region
Shri Ramdeobaba Kamla Nehru Engineering College, LIT, G H Raisoni Institute of Information and Technology, Anjuman College of Engineering, Priyadarshini College of Engineering, Government College of Engineering, Chandrapur, Government Polytechnic, Gadchiroli, Manoharbhai Patel Engineering College,Gondia, Government Polytechnic, Sakoli, Shankarprasad Agnihotri Engineering college, Wardha, Bapurao Deshmukh Engineering college, Wardha, Datta Meghe Institute of Engineering and Technology, Wardha, Umrer Engineering College
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Students score in SEEE in last 3 years
marks 2009 2010 2011
190-200 135 183 37
180-189 584 588 196
160-179 2726 2775 1244
140-159 5087 5288 3031
120-139 8646 9457 5907
110-119 6432 7575 4557
100-109 8592 10726 6835
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About diploma admission process
For admission to polytechnic colleges total 12725 applications have been verified with the documents and have been accepted by Application Receipt Centres. There are 58 polytechnic colleges with the intake of 21725.
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AMMI to conduct CET on July 31
Good News for MBA aspirants! Those who missed the first Common Entrance Test (CET), Group Discussion and Personal Interview or ARC Verification have another opportunity. The Association of Management of MBA/MMS Institutes (AMMI-MBA/MMS) will conduct AMMI-MBA/MMS CET 2011 on July 31.
The sale of Information Brochure has started. The last date of submission of application form is July 28. CET, GD & PI will be held on July 31 at 11.30am to 1.30pm. The result will be declared on August 12 at 12 noon.
AMMI-MBA/MMS CET 2011 Forms/Information Brochures are available at various MBA institutes including NIT Graduate School of Management. NIT GROUP 2nd Floor, Midas Heights, Near ICICI Bank, Ramdaspeth.
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