57% Engineering seats Vacant after first round !​

According to the data provided by Admission Committee for Professional Courses (ACPC), out of the toal 51,381 engineering seats available, only 21,962 seats have been allocated and the remaining 57% remain unallocated at the end of first round this year.

The state has a total of 130 engineering colleges which include government run, Government aided and private colleges. The ACPC statement said that  29,014 students were selected in the first provisional merit list and 6,55,062 choices of preferred colleges and courses were filled by 24,229 students among them. The statement also said that the students with seats allotted should confirm their admission by September 9th by paying the token fees.

7,214 seats were allotted in 14 government and government aided colleges while another 14,748 seats were allotted in 114 private engineering colleges in the first round. The state has 11,411 government, government aided and 38,810 private seats.

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