Education department is considering a proposal to grant admission without appearing
GUJCET
The education department is considering a proposal to grant
admission to students in degree engineering and pharmacy professional courses even
though they have not appeared for Gujarat Common Entrance Test (GUJCET).
The reason being that this year, 6,500 engineering and pharmacy seats have remained
vacant despite repeated rounds of admission and changes in norms so as to allow
more students to become eligible for admissions.
Sources said that the Admission Committee for Professional Courses (ACPC) had written
to the technical director’s office which in turn referred the matter to the state
education department for consideration. It is learnt that the matter has been forwarded
to the legal department for opinion before a final call is taken on the proposal
in the next two days.
The proposal is another desperate attempt of the authorities to help self-financed
colleges to fill seats in engineering and pharmacy courses. This proposal, if passed,
will benefit students from outside the state who can take last minute admission
in the state colleges. Self-financed colleges have borne the maximum brunt with
all the seats remaining vacant in self-financed colleges. Nearly 3,000 seats have
remained vacant in engineering while 3,500 seats have remained vacant in pharmacy
colleges.
This year, the eligibility percentage is already 45% in HSC (science) in theoretical
and practical exams. Educationists said that the state should allow further dip
in the eligibility criteria for admissions in engineering and pharmacy professional
courses. "If there is a common entrance test, it should not be done away with at
the last stage to fill students. The eligibility criteria should not be changed
to suit the interest of self-financed colleges," said a senior technical professor.
Courtesy: Times of India
