439 MBA and MCA Colleges are about to Close in Hyderabad

A total of 439 MBA and MCA Colleges in Hyderabad are about to close. These colleges have sought permission from the government to transfer the students to other nearby colleges. Even after the second phase of counseling on 27th October, 2011, some seats have still remained unfilled.

By the end of the second phase of counseling session, about 439 colleges (362 MCA and 77 MBA) got below 10 per cent admissions. This condition has left management with no other option but to transfer the students to other colleges as they cannot run classes with such low intake, said officials.

As per the data gathered by Andhra Pradesh State Council of Higher Education, only 113 out 636 MCA colleges and 444 MBA colleges out of 940 got more than 90 per cent admissions. Colleges which fall under the category of below 50% admissions may also want to transfer their students to other colleges as it is not economically feasible to run a college with such low intake of students.

After the second phase of counseling, the number of allotments has increased to 2,233 only. About 42,982 seats remain vacant including 21,681 MCA and 21,301 MBA seats. The MCA course drew only 57 new admissions while MBA attracted 1,840.

Situation was worse in the first phase of counseling, when total admissions were 49,162, and only 38,775 students reported at the colleges and 8,372 students did not join the courses. About 2,015 students had cancelled their admission to the colleges. Before the second phase of counseling, the number of seats was 55,602 and 336 new seats were added, which includes 42 seats for MCA and 294 seats for MBA. However, the number of admissions has reached to 51,395 as there were 5,125 fresh allotments. Now, the total number of admissions will be declared only after the last date of reporting at the colleges on Nov 5 in view of first phase dropouts.

Source: Richha Bhatnagar (Shiksha Team)