KOZHIKODE: The decision of the state not to allow the admission of students who have not qualified in the entrance examination in management seats of self financing engineering colleges, has evoked mixed reactions among students and educational experts. A majority of the city folks welcomes the decision of the Government to restrict the increasing number of engineering admissions to unqualified students.
It was in the wake of the recent report on poor marks scored by engineering students in the self financing sector in the first semester examinations of the A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technological University (KTU) that the education department decided to impose fresh restrictions in the admission process to engineering colleges. The KTU report pointed out the poor performance and marks secured by self-financing college students and the standard maintained by the students of engineering colleges in the government and aided sector.
“The previous Government led the way to more and more new private colleges in the State, that indirectly resulted in bringing out more below average engineers”, said Rajesh NM, Director of Rays entrance coaching academy. “If a student is unable to score a minimum of 10 marks in physics, mathematics and chemistry each, how can we expect them to become good engineers? Ninety percent of such students fail in examinations and this indirectly affects their future”, he added.
According to Abdul Rahman, one of the representatives of the Private Management College Association here, as many as 11,000 seats were left vacant last year though the previous government had allowed the managements to admit students who did not qualify in the entrance examinations. Around 40,000 seats will remain vacant this year if the entrance rank alone is made the criterion.
“This will indirectly pave the way for the closure of private institutions in the state”, he added. “If the state does not allow its students who scored less marks to study here, this will automatically make way for the migration of students to other states for engineering studies”, said Reshma P, Engineering entrance student of Brilliance Coaching academy.
