ENGINEERING SEATS REDUCED BY 80000

A.I.C.T.E. Reveals About Engineering Seat Reducing

AICTE data reveals that there will be about 80000 less seats in engineering this year. In the last 4 years, nearly 3.1 lakh seats have been reduced. According to AICTE, as many as 200 'substandard' engineering colleges have applied for closure as most of these colleges had less than 20% enrolment in the last few years for various reasons. Though these colleges will not enrol new students but they will continue to function till the current batches graduate. However, for elite institutions like the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) or the National Institutes of Technology (NITs), the intake capacity is increased.

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                                   Since 2016, the number of engineering seats has been on the decline every year. According to AICTE, it is around 75,000 annually. In 2016-17, total intake capacity at undergraduate level was 15,71,220, of which total enrolment was 7,87,127, which is just around 50.1 per cent. In 2015-16, total intake was 16,47,155, of which enrolment was 8,60,357, which was 52.2 per cent.

"This year too there will be round 80,000 seats less. Around 200 colleges have applied for closure as they were having very low admissions in the recent past," said Anil Sahasrabudhe, chairperson, AICTE.

                                  While the intake capacity decline started since 2014-15, enrolment has been on the decline since 2012-13, reaching 7.87 lakh in 2016-17 from that of 9.73 lakh in 2012-13.