Jharkhand News
The number of engineering seats to be offered by the existing and new technical colleges in the state would increase by about 500 from this academic session. But it would in no way reduce the mad scramble for seats. Reason: an increase of almost 10,000 candidates appearing for the pre-engineering and pre-medical tests is being witnessed. Candidates are slated to appear in the entrance test to be conducted by Jharkhand Joint Entrance Examination Council (JJEEC) on April 23. Sources told The Telegraph that about 31,000 students would be appearing in the April 23 test. "That would be an increase of about 10,000 students than last year," said R.K. Singh, the officer-on-special duty at JJEEC. This year onwards, a new engineering college set up by the DAV group in Daltonganj would start offering 120 seats, while another set up on the outskirts of Jamshedpur would offer 240 seats. It is also very likely that students from Jharkhand would fill up all 640 seats in BIT, Sindri, this year. "The newly set up DAV College of Engineering has a capacity to enrol 240 students of which 120 would be admitted through the All India Engineering Entrance Examination conducted by CBSE. The institute, which enjoys the approval of the state science and technology department, is awaiting the approval of the All India Council for Technical Education," said the director (technical education) of the state government, Arun Kumar. Another a new engineering college near Jamshedpur set up by a trust run by Bihar Association has received the state government's no-objection certificate to enrol 240 students. At the prestigious BIT, Sindri, near Dhanbad, all 640 seats would be at the disposal of Jharkhand students from this year. Earlier, about 250 seats were reserved for students of Bihar following a high court directive. "We were supposed to admit students from Bihar till the last academic session. But from this year, all the seats are likely to be filled up by students from Jharkhand," added Kumar. Other lesser-known institutes — such as Cambridge Institute of Technology in Tatisilway (Ranchi), RVS College of Engineering in Jamshedpur and Ram Govind Institute of Technology in Koderma — would offer 240 seats each. But past experiences raise an apprehension if all the seats of these institutes would be filled through JJECC. The number of medical seats to be filled up in the state's three medical colleges would remain the same. RIMS in Ranchi would admit 72 students through JJEEC, while Jamshedpur-based Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College would enrol 37 students and Dhanbad-based Patliputra Medical College and Hospital would admit 38 seats through JJEEC. telegraphindia.com/1080412/jsp/jharkhand/story_9129004.jsp ** ** Jharkhand College @ * www.jharkhand-college.blogspot.com/* ** -- Jharkhand News [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jharkhand Online Network www.jharkhand.org.in/news
