State level engineering counseling authorities responsible for conducting counseling rounds for First year admissions for academic session 2011-12 into Govt & Private engineering colleges for different states had witnessed a sharp decline in the number of registrations.The situation was more or less same in all states throughout the country.
Lets take the case of North Indian states like Haryana,Punjab,Rajasthan,MP & UP ,its been observed that the students had been very particular in choosing the engineering colleges within their particular state.The trend was like the students through counseling were interested for admission into a limited number of popular colleges only. This has resulted in unprecedented reduction in the number of allotments and actual admissions made on the basis of counseling rounds. There were huge number of vacant seats in not so popular and 3-4 year old engineering colleges and these colleges themselves had to find the ways & means to fill up the vacant seats.
In these states in last 3-4 years ,a record number of new engineering colleges have come up and this large spurt in the number of colleges created a lot of dilemma in the minds of prospective students and parents in selecting a college for admission.The number of available seats in these states have surpassed the number of prosective aspirants within the state and thus changed the principle of demand & supply in favour of aspirants. Its like getting admission in engineering college is easier than getting admission in even nursery class.Such a huge number of colleges and the aggressive marketing & promotions by institutions to fill the seats had created lot of confusion in the minds of parents and students who were not able to fetch good ranks in the competitive exams and were not able to make it to the popular colleges.Lets look on the counseling statistics for these states before discussing the real issues.
Haryana:
In Haryana for 2011 -12 academic session there were 149 engineering colleges including both Govt. & Private Colleges.The admissions in these colleges are made through online off campus counseling by Department of Technical Education,Govt. of Haryana.There were close to 45,000 engineering seats in these colleges.In Govt. colleges all seats are filled up through counseling on the basis of inter se merit in AIEEE.In Private Colleges 75% of seats are filled up through Govt. counseling (incase the seats are not filled up through counseling,the institutions can fill seats on their own).
In addition to this there are 3 self Financed Deemed to be Universities and 7 Private State Universities.These Universities have there own admission procedure & counseling.
In total we could take the total seats close to 56,000-57000.
The first point of concern is that in 2011 close to 47,000 students have appeared for AIEEE exam from Haryana state and we can say that there were 47,000 engineering aspirants in total from Haryana.
After all rounds of counseling through DTE, the total allotments in 149 colleges were 8424 only. In normal case,almost 30-50% of allotted students don’t turn up for actual admissions depending on the institution allotted to them.This gives an idea of gloomy situation.The allotment numbers from counseling actually give a clear idea about the image and popularity of the institution.
There were 54 engineering colleges with less than 10 allotments in total for different streams. There were 54 colleges with total allotments in between 11-50 students ,so out of 149 colleges,108 colleges have less than 50 allotments in total for different streams.only 15 colleges have got allotments above 200 and out of these 15, 7 were Govt. Colleges.
Though lot of students within the state take direct admissions also in nearby institutions as to get direct admission is quite simple but still there has been a very low level of interest among the local students.
A large number of institutions where the seats are vacant have to move to places like Bihar,Jharkhand,North East and now-a-days to Kathmandu also to get atleast a reasonable strength of students to run the colleges.
Punjab:
In Punjab for 2011-12 academic session there were 107 engineering colleges including both Govt & Private Colleges.The admission in these colleges are made through counseling conducted by Punjab Technical University.There were close to 29,200 engineering seats to be filled up through PTU counseling.After the 3rd and final round of counseling ,only 7764 seats were filled up and 21736 seats were left vacant and institutions were told to fill the vacant seats at their level.
Though students take direct admissions also but still a large number of institutions like in other states have to station there admission teams for long duration in places like Bihar, Jharkhand, North East and Kathmandu to fill the seats.Though from these places also to get students has become a daunting task as these places have become very competititve.
Uttar Pradesh:
In Uttar Pradesh for 2011-12 academic session there were total of 323 engineering colleges including both Govt & Private Colleges.The admissions in these colleges are made through counseling by Mayamaya Technical University.There are close to 93,000 engineering seats to be filled up through Govt. counseling in these colleges ( excluding the institute level seats in Private Engineering Colleges).
In addition to this there are 2 Self Financed Deemed to be Universities offering engineering courses and around 14 Private State Universities.These Universities have there own admission procedure & counseling.
In total we could take the total seats close to 1,25,000.
As per the Counseling Statistics ,after counseling rounds only 24964 seats were allotted through MTU counseling.Only allotted not the actual admitted figure.There were close to 107 institutions where the allotted seats were nil.
There were close to only 50 colleges where the allotment was not an issue and they got very good response from the candidates and these institute never give even a single admission related advertisement.
Rajasthan:
In Rajasthan for 2011-12 academic session there were total of 123 engineering colleges including both Govt & Private Colleges.The admissions in these colleges are made through counseling by Department of Technical Education,Govt of Rajasthan.There are close to 46,000 engineering seats to be filled up through Govt. counseling in these colleges.
In addition to this there are 4 self financed Deemed to be Universities offering engineering courses and around 15 Private State Universities.These Universities have there own admission procedure & counseling.
In total we could take the total seats close to 65000.
As per the Counseling Authority Sources ,out of 73,500 appeared for RPET only 30,000 went for counseling.After final round of counselings,Technical Education Dept. has given consent for “free admission sessions” under which the colleges can even admit those students also who have not appeared in any entrance exam.
The situation is more or less same across all States. Though in some states the vacancies are not so high but the problem is prevalent in all states.
These statistics bring forth lot of issues and concerns as far as Private engineering education is concerned. Going by the trend institutions with a reasonable placement records and good reputation will might be comfortable in filling up their allotted quota of seats.The placements have become the key and central point among the prospective students in selecting an engineering college.Now-a-days other parameters like Faculty,infrastructure,University results etc. are being decided by placement figures in Private colleges by a majority of students and parents.
The advertisements like Air-conditioned class rooms, wi-fi campus,AC Transport ,AC hostels ,world class Faculty and labs are not getting much audience if placements are not there.
Even the colleges with more than 5-6 years in existence are facing lot of problems if the placements are not upto mark among the prospective students.Earlier in 2006-07 the placement was not the deciding factor,almost all private colleges were very comfortable in filling up their seats.
Now-a-days even a student with 50-55% marks in 12th class and AIEEE rank in lakhs also ask for colleges with decent placement records and not willing to join new institutions ( whether he /she could qualify to participate in the the campus drives is also insignificant).
This is the impact of the distorted demand-supply principal where the available seats are very high than the prospective aspirants.There is huge placement pressure on the new engineering institutions in the current scenario and the private colleges where IT cos like TCS,Infosys,Accenture,Wipro, Cognizant etc. visit for campus drives are the most desired colleges.
Lets take the case of North Indian states like Haryana,Punjab,Rajasthan,MP & UP ,its been observed that the students had been very particular in choosing the engineering colleges within their particular state.The trend was like the students through counseling were interested for admission into a limited number of popular colleges only. This has resulted in unprecedented reduction in the number of allotments and actual admissions made on the basis of counseling rounds. There were huge number of vacant seats in not so popular and 3-4 year old engineering colleges and these colleges themselves had to find the ways & means to fill up the vacant seats.
In these states in last 3-4 years ,a record number of new engineering colleges have come up and this large spurt in the number of colleges created a lot of dilemma in the minds of prospective students and parents in selecting a college for admission.The number of available seats in these states have surpassed the number of prosective aspirants within the state and thus changed the principle of demand & supply in favour of aspirants. Its like getting admission in engineering college is easier than getting admission in even nursery class.Such a huge number of colleges and the aggressive marketing & promotions by institutions to fill the seats had created lot of confusion in the minds of parents and students who were not able to fetch good ranks in the competitive exams and were not able to make it to the popular colleges.Lets look on the counseling statistics for these states before discussing the real issues.
Haryana:
In Haryana for 2011 -12 academic session there were 149 engineering colleges including both Govt. & Private Colleges.The admissions in these colleges are made through online off campus counseling by Department of Technical Education,Govt. of Haryana.There were close to 45,000 engineering seats in these colleges.In Govt. colleges all seats are filled up through counseling on the basis of inter se merit in AIEEE.In Private Colleges 75% of seats are filled up through Govt. counseling (incase the seats are not filled up through counseling,the institutions can fill seats on their own).
In addition to this there are 3 self Financed Deemed to be Universities and 7 Private State Universities.These Universities have there own admission procedure & counseling.
In total we could take the total seats close to 56,000-57000.
The first point of concern is that in 2011 close to 47,000 students have appeared for AIEEE exam from Haryana state and we can say that there were 47,000 engineering aspirants in total from Haryana.
After all rounds of counseling through DTE, the total allotments in 149 colleges were 8424 only. In normal case,almost 30-50% of allotted students don’t turn up for actual admissions depending on the institution allotted to them.This gives an idea of gloomy situation.The allotment numbers from counseling actually give a clear idea about the image and popularity of the institution.
There were 54 engineering colleges with less than 10 allotments in total for different streams. There were 54 colleges with total allotments in between 11-50 students ,so out of 149 colleges,108 colleges have less than 50 allotments in total for different streams.only 15 colleges have got allotments above 200 and out of these 15, 7 were Govt. Colleges.
Though lot of students within the state take direct admissions also in nearby institutions as to get direct admission is quite simple but still there has been a very low level of interest among the local students.
A large number of institutions where the seats are vacant have to move to places like Bihar,Jharkhand,North East and now-a-days to Kathmandu also to get atleast a reasonable strength of students to run the colleges.
Punjab:
In Punjab for 2011-12 academic session there were 107 engineering colleges including both Govt & Private Colleges.The admission in these colleges are made through counseling conducted by Punjab Technical University.There were close to 29,200 engineering seats to be filled up through PTU counseling.After the 3rd and final round of counseling ,only 7764 seats were filled up and 21736 seats were left vacant and institutions were told to fill the vacant seats at their level.
Though students take direct admissions also but still a large number of institutions like in other states have to station there admission teams for long duration in places like Bihar, Jharkhand, North East and Kathmandu to fill the seats.Though from these places also to get students has become a daunting task as these places have become very competititve.
Uttar Pradesh:
In Uttar Pradesh for 2011-12 academic session there were total of 323 engineering colleges including both Govt & Private Colleges.The admissions in these colleges are made through counseling by Mayamaya Technical University.There are close to 93,000 engineering seats to be filled up through Govt. counseling in these colleges ( excluding the institute level seats in Private Engineering Colleges).
In addition to this there are 2 Self Financed Deemed to be Universities offering engineering courses and around 14 Private State Universities.These Universities have there own admission procedure & counseling.
In total we could take the total seats close to 1,25,000.
As per the Counseling Statistics ,after counseling rounds only 24964 seats were allotted through MTU counseling.Only allotted not the actual admitted figure.There were close to 107 institutions where the allotted seats were nil.
There were close to only 50 colleges where the allotment was not an issue and they got very good response from the candidates and these institute never give even a single admission related advertisement.
Rajasthan:
In Rajasthan for 2011-12 academic session there were total of 123 engineering colleges including both Govt & Private Colleges.The admissions in these colleges are made through counseling by Department of Technical Education,Govt of Rajasthan.There are close to 46,000 engineering seats to be filled up through Govt. counseling in these colleges.
In addition to this there are 4 self financed Deemed to be Universities offering engineering courses and around 15 Private State Universities.These Universities have there own admission procedure & counseling.
In total we could take the total seats close to 65000.
As per the Counseling Authority Sources ,out of 73,500 appeared for RPET only 30,000 went for counseling.After final round of counselings,Technical Education Dept. has given consent for “free admission sessions” under which the colleges can even admit those students also who have not appeared in any entrance exam.
The situation is more or less same across all States. Though in some states the vacancies are not so high but the problem is prevalent in all states.
These statistics bring forth lot of issues and concerns as far as Private engineering education is concerned. Going by the trend institutions with a reasonable placement records and good reputation will might be comfortable in filling up their allotted quota of seats.The placements have become the key and central point among the prospective students in selecting an engineering college.Now-a-days other parameters like Faculty,infrastructure,University results etc. are being decided by placement figures in Private colleges by a majority of students and parents.
The advertisements like Air-conditioned class rooms, wi-fi campus,AC Transport ,AC hostels ,world class Faculty and labs are not getting much audience if placements are not there.
Even the colleges with more than 5-6 years in existence are facing lot of problems if the placements are not upto mark among the prospective students.Earlier in 2006-07 the placement was not the deciding factor,almost all private colleges were very comfortable in filling up their seats.
Now-a-days even a student with 50-55% marks in 12th class and AIEEE rank in lakhs also ask for colleges with decent placement records and not willing to join new institutions ( whether he /she could qualify to participate in the the campus drives is also insignificant).
This is the impact of the distorted demand-supply principal where the available seats are very high than the prospective aspirants.There is huge placement pressure on the new engineering institutions in the current scenario and the private colleges where IT cos like TCS,Infosys,Accenture,Wipro, Cognizant etc. visit for campus drives are the most desired colleges.
