No new engineering colleges in CET '10

There would be no increase in engineering seats in Common Entrance Test (CET) 2010. The higher education department has decided not to allow new engineering colleges registering after April 10, 2010, to participate in the counselling sessions.

In fact, this was one of the demands put forth by private professional college managements before the Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA), which accepted it at a meeting held recently.

After the meeting, the KEA informed the institutions about its decision.

MK Panduranga Shetty, president, RV Group of Institutions, told DNA: “It is not just a decision taken by the state government. Even the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has endorsed the same, stating that colleges that come into existence after April 2010 must be considered for next year’s counselling only.”

According to KEA officials, every year, at least five to six new engineering colleges come up in the state.

“Because of colleges coming into existence at the last moment, the entire counselling process gets affected. There would also be pressure from the managements to include new colleges in the CET,” AS Srikanth, principal secretary, department of higher education, said. “But, this time, even they requested us not to allow new colleges.”

“This year we have asked all colleges to provide their seat matrices before April,” a KEA official said, not wanting to be named. “If any new colleges get registered after that, we won’t consider them for this year’s seat allocation process.”

source : http://www.dnaindia.com/