60,707 seats are yet to be filled in Tamil Nadu engg colleges

While only 12 colleges in Tamil Nadu were able to fill all seats, 13 institutions fail to find even a single taker.  

More than 60,000 engineering seats are still vacant in Tamil Nadu even after four rounds of Tamil Nadu Engineering Admissions (TNEA) counselling. There are a total of 1.5 lakh engineering seats in the state.  

As per a report published in The New Indian Express, of the 1.5 lakh seats available for single-window counselling in 446 colleges across Tamil Nadu, 93,571 seats (60.65 per cent) have been allotted to students this year. Of this, 84,812 seats were allotted to general category students while 8,759 were allotted to 7.5 per cent government school students quota. As many as 60,707 seats are yet to be filled. 

Despite increasing the number of seats under computer science and IT departments and better placement seasons, colleges failed to increase their admission rates. 

The report said TNEA officials are hopeful that admission figures will rise further. They expect 6,000-7,000 students in the supplementary counselling, for which registration concluded on Sunday. “The last date of registration for supplementary counselling was November 13.  Only 12 colleges were able to fill all seats, including three self-financing institutions, and 236 managed to fill 50 per cent of their seats. Also, as many as 13 institutions did not fill even a single seat. 

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