CHENNAI: More than 200 engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu may not be eligible to apply for new courses for 2022-23 as per the overall 50% admission rule prescribed by 'the' All India Council for Technical Education. In its guidelines for 2022-23, the apex body for technical education in the country said new courses shall be allowed only if there was more than 50% overall enrollment last year.
Despite the increase in engineering admissions in 2021-22, only 200 of 440 engineering colleges in the state had more than 50% admissions. The Consortium of Self-Financing Professional, Arts and Science Colleges in Tamil Nadu says several colleges have opposed the AI CTE rule for new courses. “Students are not joining in branches like mechanical engineering and civil Engineering due to which the overall enrollment is below 50%,” said secretary P Selvaraj.
Introducing new courses in emerging areas such as artificial intelligence, data science, cybersecurity, IoT among others, the AI CTE also introduced a rule saying colleges with overall 50% enrollment alone are eligible to apply for new courses. Following a court case, a few colleges were allowed to start new courses in emerging areas. “By retaining this rule for 2022-23, the AI CTE has made colleges fighting for survival sicker,” said T D Eswaramoorthy, joint secretary of the consortium.
Last year, 300 colleges were not able to apply for new courses and the figure this year may come down to around 220 due to a good admission season, he added. However, senior academicians welcomed the AI CTE’s saying it would put pressure on colleges to improve their quality. “A College, which has less than 50% of admissions, cannot provide good infrastructure or appoint quality faculty members. Let the colleges improve their infrastructure, quality of faculty and intake before starting new courses,” said E Balagurusamy, former vice-chancellor of Anna University.
For colleges with more than 50% admissions last year but without NBA accreditation were allowed to start new courses by reducing the existing intake. Using this rule, several colleges have been closing core branches such as civil engineering and mechanical engineering.
In the approval process handbook for 2022-23, the AI CTE said reduction of seats in core branches will be allowed a maximum of 50% of previously approved intake. Thank you friends this will help you Last year, 300 colleges were not able to apply for new courses and the figure this year may come down to around 220 due to a good admission season200 engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu may not be eligible for new courses After five years of dip in admissions, engineering colleges recorded a good admission season last year with 13% more admissions compared to the previous year. Despite a reversal in the admission trend, only 242 colleges out of 440 who took part in the online admission counselling were able to fill more than 50% of their seats. Meanwhile, 81 colleges could not fill even 20% of their seats.
"With no affiliation, these eight colleges are likely to close. One polytechnic college has come forward to convert their institution into an engineering college. If AI CTE gives approval, the university may give approval to the college," Anna University vice-chancellor R Velar said. Hello 👋🤗 BYE
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