With
this the state run engineering colleges cannot admit more than 717
students of present. However accredited colleges can enroll a maximum of
540 students.
However, state will
give some exemptions such as in case a management wants to establish
engineering colleges in backward areas such as Mahbubnagar, Srikakulam,
Anantapur and Adilabad, then they can come up with a few colleges in
these districts provided the requisite standards are maintained.
The decision of the cabinet was based on the recommendations of a
high-powered expert committee that was formed in 2010 to propose changes
and corrective measures for empowering private professional colleges.
The state has a total of 717 engineering colleges with an intake
capacity of 344986 students compared to 82225 students enrolled in 238
engineering colleges in the year 2004-05. Around 30% of the engineering
seats were left vacant in 2010-11 while this year about 50% seats went
unfilled. Moreover, large number of engineering colleges has put huge
pressure on the appointment of qualified teaching faculty, thus
impacting the academic and employability standards.
Hence, the state had requested the AICTE (All India Council of
Technical Education) not to approve second shift of sections in the
running engineering colleges. The government has also decided to
recommend the council to impose a cap on number of seats in MBA, MCA and under-graduate engineering courses as suggested by the expert committee.
The move has been welcomed by a body representing engineering college
managements known as Vidya Samasthala Parirakshana Samithi which
expressed that the body has already been asking for a cap on the number
of seats in existing college. The body had been asking the council not
to approve new colleges for past three years. More than 40% of the 3.2
lakh seats in 717 colleges are vacant. Thus the initiative taken by the
cabinet is a welcome move.
Source: The Times of India
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