Tamil Nadu: All-time high 2 lakh applications for TNEA counselling

CHENNAI: A renewed interest in engineering courses has pushed the variety of on line apps to engineering admissions counselling to an all-time superior of 2,11,905 this year which is 36,945 or 21% more when compared to past 12 months.
They will be competing for all around 1.4lakh seats underneath governing administration quota in the counselling. Tier-1, tier-2 faculties have currently stuffed their management quota seats in computer-connected programs. Soon after the release of CBSE Course XII effects on July 22, all around 20,000 candidates have utilized in just five days.

Vocation consultants claimed owing to the need of capitation charge by engineering schools learners have favored admissions by way of engineering counselling. “These who have joined BA, BSc very last 12 months and the NEET repeaters have also utilized to counselling owing to extra campus placements for engineering college students,” job consultant Jayaprakash Gandhi stated.
“Thanks to much more need for laptop or computer science classes, tier-1 and tier-2 schools are charging capitation which is also a motive for the raise in purposes,” he included.
B Chidambararajan, director of SRM Valliammai Engineering Faculty, claimed, “This yr, management quota admissions are nearing completion for personal computer science engineering, IT, AI and info science, cyber stability, electronics and communication engineering because of to excellent desire.” Some colleges mentioned students are even enrolling in core branches this kind of as mechanical engineering under administration quota this yr.
“The demand from customers for personal computer-connected classes is the identical as last calendar year. The new craze is there are much more takers for main branches as opposed to previous yr,” mentioned P Deiva Sundari, principal of KCG University of Technological innovation.
Because of to the hold off in releasing the CBSE Course XII outcomes, TN extended the final date for filing programs from July 19 to July 27. The plan for assigning random figures, certificate verification and launch of rank checklist is probably to be revised. The authorities introduced that there will not be any change in the start out of online counselling which is scheduled to commence from August 22.
In the meantime, additional than three lakh learners have concluded their programs for a single lakh seats in governing administration arts and science faculties.