HYDERABAD : As many as 439 MCA and MBA colleges in the state are on the verge of closure. They have sought permission from the government to transfer the few students who took admission to nearby colleges as most of their seats remained unfilled, after the second phase of counselling which ended on October 27.

At the end of the second phase, 439 colleges (362 MCA and 77 MBA) got below 10 per cent admissions. The officials said the managements were left with no option but to transfer their students to other colleges as they can not run classes with such low intake.According to the Andhra Pradesh State Council of Higher Education, only 113 out 636 MCA colleges and 444 MBA colleges out of 940 got more than 90 per cent admissions.

The colleges which got below 50 per cent admissions may also want to move their students to other colleges as running colleges with low intake was not economically viable. Officials said after the second phase of counselling, the number of allotments increased by only 2,233. As many 42,982 seats remain vacant including 21,681 MCA and 21,301 MBA seats. The MCA course drew only 57 new admissions while MBA attracted 1,840.Making the situation worse, of the 49,162 total admissions after the first phase of counselling, only 38,775 students reported at the colleges and 8,372 students did not join the courses. As many as 2,015 students admitted to colleges cancelled their admissions, taking vacancies to 55,266 from 44,879 before the second phase. As another 336 new seats were added in the second phase, including 42 MCA and 294 MBA, the number of seats before the second phase was 55,602. The number of admissions, however, rose to 51,395 as there were 5,125 fresh allotments.

Though there were only 2,233 new students admitted, the allotments increased due to re-admission by students who did not report at colleges after the first phase.Officials said the total number of admissions will be announced only after the last date of reporting at the colleges on Nov 5 in view of first phase dropouts.

Source : Indian Express

The NEET will compound the woes of Intermediate BiPC students seeking admission into dental, agriculture, veterinary, home science, pharmacy and biotechnology courses. Since NEET deals with only MBBS admissions, biology students will have to appear for separate tests for admissions into these professional courses. These students have to appear only for the Eamcet medical entrance exam for admissions into these courses now. But if NEET replaces Eamcet, the biology students will have to appear for both the tests if they want admission to courses other than MBBS. Also, a short span of five months is left for preparation of both NEET and Eamcet, which has variations in their syllabi.

While about 70,000 students appear for Eamcet, there are just 4,800 MBBS seats available in the State. Students therefore used to opt for dental courses later in the Eamcet counselling. After MBBS and BDS seats are filled, students usually opt for veterinary or agriculture courses offered by the Acharya NG Ranga Agriculture University. There are about 1,830 dental seats in 21 medical colleges, besides the 270 seats in veterinary courses and 500 seats in agriculture courses.

All these issues need to be addressed before implementing NEET. “We have submitted a report explaining the pros and cons of NEET. It’s up to the government to take a final decision. The government has clarified that it will seek time till 2013 to implement NEET,” said Prof Jayaprakash Rao, chairman, AP State Council of Higher Education.

Source : DC