Govt’s decision to fill up vacant Engg seats very soon

BHUBANESWAR: “The State Government would take appropriate decision to fill up vacant seats lying in the private engineering colleges in the State,” said Minister of Employment and Technical Training Pratap Keshari Deo following the demand made by the Odisha Private Engineering College Association (OPECA) to authorise the colleges for filling up their vacant seats allowing spot admission.

The second round of counselling for admission into engineering institutions in the State which ended on Saturday failed to fill up the vacant seats of the engineering colleges. As many as 24,000 seats are yet to be filled up, sources said.

During the first counselling, 17, 242 students had taken admission, while 2,878 seats were filled up in the second round. After locking final choice, around 2,500 students withdrew from the admission process which became headache for the authorities of the private engineering institutions.

It may be noted that the Odisha Joint Entrance Examination (OJEE) had conducted an entrance examination for 44,179 seats of 99 engineering colleges in the State where 63,634 students had received rank cards for admission into engineering courses.