Panaji: Goa Common Entrance Test since 2005 (GCEThas been an essential criterion in the State for determining the eligibility for admission to engineering degree seats. But for three years now, almost 50% of the seats in the private engineering colleges of the state have become vacant after the admission round.
Now, the Directorate of Technical Education (DTE) has proposed to the state government that the GCET criteria should be Happen Relaxation was given for 2021-22 while filling up the seats left vacant after the second admission round.
It is felt that it is better to fill up seats than to leave more than 400 vacant due to emphasis on GCET only.
The engineering seats in the state were raised in 2019-20 to accommodate the quota for the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS). Since then, 350 to 550 seats fall vacant every year, mostly in the four private engineering colleges in Goa.
“This year, at the end of the first admission round in Goa, around 300 engineering seats are vacant. But this number is expected to rise further, as admissions to institutes like NITs are currently underway, and students can give up state seats if they get a slot in one of the national institutions,” said a state official.
The second round of engineering admission is expected to be held from November 14 to 24.
This, however, depends on the schedule of admission for medical and dental seats, which is currently awaited by the state from the central government.
“At the end of the second round, the seats left vacant will be allowed to be claimed by the students who have not answered the GCET. The student must have passed class XII from a recognized board with Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics subjects with minimum 45% marks. This is still the eligibility criteria. GCET is conducted to determine the merit. But instead of letting hundreds of seats remain vacant, interested students who have not answered the GCET will be allowed to claim the slots,” said an official.
There are about 1,600 engineering degree seats available in Goa, out of which the state-run Goa Engineering College seats are filled in the first admission round itself. The remaining around 1,150 seats in private colleges see a collective vacancy of around 50% at the end of the two admission rounds.
“Till now, DTE was allowing admission without GCET only if seats remain vacant in a private college, and the college management wants relaxation to fill it under quota. Such seats were filled at the college level itself. But this year, DTE will take admission without GCET for the first time but after the second admission round of all the interested GCET candidates is over at the end,” the official said.
Last year, four admission rounds were conducted, and only at the end of the admission process were students allowed to claim seats without GCET, which didn’t help much, and left the colleges collectively with 550 vacancies. Given.
Now, the Directorate of Technical Education (DTE) has proposed to the state government that the GCET criteria should be Happen Relaxation was given for 2021-22 while filling up the seats left vacant after the second admission round.
It is felt that it is better to fill up seats than to leave more than 400 vacant due to emphasis on GCET only.
The engineering seats in the state were raised in 2019-20 to accommodate the quota for the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS). Since then, 350 to 550 seats fall vacant every year, mostly in the four private engineering colleges in Goa.
“This year, at the end of the first admission round in Goa, around 300 engineering seats are vacant. But this number is expected to rise further, as admissions to institutes like NITs are currently underway, and students can give up state seats if they get a slot in one of the national institutions,” said a state official.
The second round of engineering admission is expected to be held from November 14 to 24.
This, however, depends on the schedule of admission for medical and dental seats, which is currently awaited by the state from the central government.
“At the end of the second round, the seats left vacant will be allowed to be claimed by the students who have not answered the GCET. The student must have passed class XII from a recognized board with Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics subjects with minimum 45% marks. This is still the eligibility criteria. GCET is conducted to determine the merit. But instead of letting hundreds of seats remain vacant, interested students who have not answered the GCET will be allowed to claim the slots,” said an official.
There are about 1,600 engineering degree seats available in Goa, out of which the state-run Goa Engineering College seats are filled in the first admission round itself. The remaining around 1,150 seats in private colleges see a collective vacancy of around 50% at the end of the two admission rounds.
“Till now, DTE was allowing admission without GCET only if seats remain vacant in a private college, and the college management wants relaxation to fill it under quota. Such seats were filled at the college level itself. But this year, DTE will take admission without GCET for the first time but after the second admission round of all the interested GCET candidates is over at the end,” the official said.
Last year, four admission rounds were conducted, and only at the end of the admission process were students allowed to claim seats without GCET, which didn’t help much, and left the colleges collectively with 550 vacancies. Given.
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