A.P EAMCET-2010 Counseling Notification & Details Of Certificate Verification Are Released!

HYDERABAD: Even as counselling for engineering admissions is scheduled to begin from first week of July, several private engineering colleges, offering computer science and information technology streams, are expected to find it difficult to fill up the seats.
The trend of choices of subjects by students this year indicates a shift towards core engineering courses like electronics, electrical and mechanical engineering. At present, over 11,555 seats are available in the computer science engineering course in 174 colleges in the state.
Principal of the Osmania University College of Engineering prof D N Reddy said availability of jobs in information technology sector was going down with each passing day. He said the students were now opting for computer courses along with main engineering courses in core streams.
?With the OU scrapping bachelor in computer application (BCA) course this year, the trend is clear that many private engineering colleges are not going to get enough students for computer science and IT engineering courses this year,? Reddy said.
The Integrated Common Entrance Test (Icet-2002) conducted by the OU this month also gave a strong indication that computer related courses have very few takers in the state. The number of students appearing for the MCA through the Icet this year came down by 35 per cent.
However, the AP State Council for Higher Education (APSCHE) states that though the popularity of computer engineering has come down, filling the seats will not be a problem for the government as well as private colleges. APSCHE chairman prof C Subba Rao said with the application of computers practically in almost all fields, computer engineering just cannot be marginalised.

Courtesy: Times of India

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