Shockingly 80,000 Engg seats to be loosen this Year

New Delhi, Apr 09: Here is a shocking news has unveiled that, There will be around 80,000 less seats in engineering this year. This will lead to around 3.1 lakh seats less in four years, including 2018-19 academic session.Don t get alarmed. Because actual enrolment has been on the decline since 2012-13, coming down by 1.86 lakh.According to the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), nearly 200 substandard engineering colleges have applied for closure. Though these colleges will not enrol new students, they will continue to function till the current batches graduate. However, for elite institutions like the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) or the National Institutes of Technology (NIT), there has been increase in intake.Now, AICTE has also decided that by 2022, at least 50 per cent of all the programs in technical institutions have to get their accreditation from the National Board of Accreditation (NBA). At present, around 10 per cent of the programmes are accredited in India.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.The closure of the engineering colleges will, however, not impact the current batches as the colleges would continue to function till the already-enrolled students complete their courses. "The colleges will continue to function till the current batches graduate. However, these colleges will not enrol new students from this year. So, effectively, these colleges will seize to function as engineering institutions from about three-four years from now," said Sahasrabudhe.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.