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CHENNAI: A new record has been set in the annals of technical education in Tamil Nadu with over 94,000 students being allotted BE/BTech seats under the government quota through the ongoing single window counselling.
In all likelihood, this figure would touch one lakh when counselling ends in a few days. Combined with the admissions made under the management quota in over 400 self-financing engineering colleges, the student enrolment in BE/BTech courses in the state is expected to exceed the 1.5 lakh mark.
Statistics show that although the number of seats available under the government quota this year was almost same as in 2009, the demand has been higher with 1.67 lakh aspirants entering the fray unlike 1.28 lakh in the previous year.
Last year only 83,556 seats were allotted under the government quota and the total enrolment in engineering colleges was only l,20,074, lower than the admission figures of 2008 which stood at 1,22,931. Overall, an alarmingly high 51,000 seats had fallen vacant in 2009.
"A primary reason for the massive increase in enrolment is the tuition fee waiver granted by the state government to first generation professional degree learners. Nearly 78,000 candidates are first generation learners. Last year around 30,000 government quota seats had no takers but this time we expect the vacancy to be far below 10,000," Tamil Nadu Engineering Admissions secretary V Rhymend Uthariaraj said.
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