You need not write GujCET for entry to engg., Pharma
Directorate of Technical Education wants 5 pc management quota seats reserved
Yogesh Avasthi
Posted On Thursday, December 16, 2010 (http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/index.aspx?Page=article§name=News%20-%20Latest§id=2&contentid=2010121620101216031943544fec9853)
There is little to worry if you miss out on writing or decide to skip the common entrance test for admission to professional colleges in the state. You can still get into an engineering or pharmacy college if a proposal of the Directorate of Technical Education is accepted by the state government.
Indications are, it will be. The proposal that is likely to be implemented for admissions next year will also come as a breather for most of the self-financed professional colleges that have failed to attract students to their capacity and are suffering a huge financial strain. Said a highly placed official in the directorate, the government is likely to allocate 5 per cent of the seats from those reserved as “management quota” to those who want admission to professional programmes, but failed to write Gujarat Common Entrance Test (GujCET).
The move is also likely to attract students from outside Gujarat in a big way, the official said. The fee structure for these students will be decided in due course.
SUSTAINED LOBBYING
The proposal, sources said, was a result of sustained lobbying by the private colleges that have come up in a big way in the state, but have failed to fill their seats and are struggling financially.
Said CL Patel, president of Self-finance Professional Courses College Association, many students who are unable to write the GUJCET due to some reason will get an opportunity to get into professional courses. Besides, the government move will also ease the financial burden on colleges to some extent.”
There were no takers for the management quota seats as about 7 per cent of the seats in the open category remained vacant last year. The story was repeated this year, too, resulting in a big revenue loss for the trusts running private colleges.
The Admission Committee for Professional Courses (ACPC) reshuffled admissions three times, yet about 1300 seats in the various professional programmes in the government and private colleges remained vacant across the state.
Some of the colleges even offered discount to the students to attract them, but to no avail. According to information collected by the ACPC, many colleges could not even touch double digits.
THREE MERIT LISTS
The ACPC will prepare a separate merit list for CBSE students as against one that it used to announce so far.
“Now on we will have three merit lists: one for Gujarat board students, another for CBSE students and yet another for students from ICSE, Cambridge, and other state boards who have not written GUJCET,” said the official in the state’s Directorate of Technical Education.
The door has been opened to the students of National Institute of Open Schooling, too. Not considered for admission so far, they can now apply and get admission to professional courses in the state, the directorate has proposed.
The proposal has been sent to the education department, which in turn, will send it to the legal department. The legal opinion will be sought as rules will need to be changed to set in motion the new admission process.
Seven per cent of seats in open category remained vacant last year
FROM BSC AND DIPLOMA TO DEGREE
Similarly, the committee has proposed an entrance test for diploma students who want to get into the degree programme. Until now diploma students used to get into degree colleges as per the merit list prepared.
The ACPC has also proposed allowing science graduates to seek admission to professional courses.
Those who missed out on getting into these courses after class XII can enter into the second year of the professional colleges after clearing an entrance test. They, however, must have completed their BSc course.
About 6000 seats used to be earmarked for diploma-to-degree students. Ten per cent of this, that is 600, will now be reserved for BSc students.
The new rules are likely to be ready by February next year and implemented for the admission process to be initiated in June, the official said.
Yogesh Avasthi
Posted On Thursday, December 16, 2010 (http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/index.aspx?Page=article§name=News%20-%20Latest§id=2&contentid=2010121620101216031943544fec9853)
There is little to worry if you miss out on writing or decide to skip the common entrance test for admission to professional colleges in the state. You can still get into an engineering or pharmacy college if a proposal of the Directorate of Technical Education is accepted by the state government.
The move is also likely to attract students from outside Gujarat in a big way, the official said. The fee structure for these students will be decided in due course.
SUSTAINED LOBBYING
The proposal, sources said, was a result of sustained lobbying by the private colleges that have come up in a big way in the state, but have failed to fill their seats and are struggling financially.
Said CL Patel, president of Self-finance Professional Courses College Association, many students who are unable to write the GUJCET due to some reason will get an opportunity to get into professional courses. Besides, the government move will also ease the financial burden on colleges to some extent.”
There were no takers for the management quota seats as about 7 per cent of the seats in the open category remained vacant last year. The story was repeated this year, too, resulting in a big revenue loss for the trusts running private colleges.
The Admission Committee for Professional Courses (ACPC) reshuffled admissions three times, yet about 1300 seats in the various professional programmes in the government and private colleges remained vacant across the state.
Some of the colleges even offered discount to the students to attract them, but to no avail. According to information collected by the ACPC, many colleges could not even touch double digits.
THREE MERIT LISTS
The ACPC will prepare a separate merit list for CBSE students as against one that it used to announce so far.
“Now on we will have three merit lists: one for Gujarat board students, another for CBSE students and yet another for students from ICSE, Cambridge, and other state boards who have not written GUJCET,” said the official in the state’s Directorate of Technical Education.
The door has been opened to the students of National Institute of Open Schooling, too. Not considered for admission so far, they can now apply and get admission to professional courses in the state, the directorate has proposed.
The proposal has been sent to the education department, which in turn, will send it to the legal department. The legal opinion will be sought as rules will need to be changed to set in motion the new admission process.
Seven per cent of seats in open category remained vacant last year
FROM BSC AND DIPLOMA TO DEGREE
Similarly, the committee has proposed an entrance test for diploma students who want to get into the degree programme. Until now diploma students used to get into degree colleges as per the merit list prepared.
The ACPC has also proposed allowing science graduates to seek admission to professional courses.
Those who missed out on getting into these courses after class XII can enter into the second year of the professional colleges after clearing an entrance test. They, however, must have completed their BSc course.
About 6000 seats used to be earmarked for diploma-to-degree students. Ten per cent of this, that is 600, will now be reserved for BSc students.
The new rules are likely to be ready by February next year and implemented for the admission process to be initiated in June, the official said.
