No takers for MCA, MBA seats.

Around 159 MCA colleges which had no admissions after the first phase of ICET counselling are in danger of closure unless they can fill their seats during the second phase which ends on Tuesday.

According to the AP State Council of Higher Education, after the end of first phase counselling, 159 MCA colleges out of 634 colleges including 43 university colleges got no admissions. Out of a total of 31,181 MCA convener quota seats available, only 9,443 seats were filled up and 21,738 seats remained vacant after the first phase of counselling. Out of the total 634 colleges, only 129 MCA colleges got 100 per cent admissions. APSCHE chairman P Jayaprakash Rao told Express they were not the competent authority to take a decision to shut down colleges which got poor admissions. Rao said it is up to the All India Council for Technical Education to take a decision.

Though the MBA colleges fared better, a large chunk of MBA seats were still vacant after the first phase of counselling. Nine out of 937 MBA colleges including 51 university colleges got no admissions. 23,141 MBA seats out of 62,860 seats in the convener quota remained vacant after the first phase.

Source : The New Indian Express