The state government has decided to stop new approvals for engineering seats until they see a demand for it.
College admissions are over, but there are still plenty of seats lying vacant in almost every stream of higher education.
The state government has decided to stop new approvals for engineering seats until they see a demand for it.
A huge number of vacant seats are seen in engineering courses even after introducing relaxations to eligibility criteria.
"After witnessing the current situation where around 30,000 seats are vacant in engineering, we have decided to take a break from approving any more seats for Maharashtra," said Rajesh Tope, higher and technical education minister.
"After starting on infrastructure, colleges directly approach All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) for approvals. We got almost-approved proposals of colleges in the final stage and we have no room to say no. We have decided to take precautions and will write to the AICTE asking them not to approve any more engineering or MBA colleges for Maharashtra for some time."
A senior official from technical education department of Mantralaya said they have asked the Directorate of Technical Education (DTE) to work on a plan to get a clear picture of engineering seat distribution across the state.
"A task force committee by DTE will research in all the six parts of the state for engineering and MBA colleges. The committee will check the industry requirement in each area and the kind of pass-outs in that area. For example, if the Nashik region does not need many automobile engineering pass-outs, then there is no point in approving more automobile engineering colleges in that region."
This year, around 40,000 seats in first year junior colleges are still vacant. Over 30,000 seats are vacant in the engineering stream and over 20,000 seats are yet to be filled in management institutes. Several traditional courses like bachelors in arts, commerce and science still have vacancies.
“We have asked the deputy director's office to make a list of these colleges and examine why no one opted for them,” said Rajendra Darda, school education minister.
Medical seats in government medical colleges are full. “All MBBS seats in the state medical colleges have been filled. Yet, September 30 is the last day of counselling,” said CET head Dr Pradeep Vyas.
The last dates for admissions to BHMS and BAMS are October 30 and 31 respectively. The number of vacancies will be clear after admissions.
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