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  • Engineering Services Exam 2011 on May 14

    New Delhi: The Union Service Public Commission (UPSC) will hold the Engineering Services Examination 2011 commencing from May 14, 2011. The examination will be held at various centres across the country.

    For details regarding eligibility conditions, the syllabi and scheme of the examination, centres of examination, guidelines for filling up application forms etc. aspirants can consult the detailed notice of the examination published in the employment News/Rozgar Samachar dated January 8, 2011 and also on the UPSC website.

    The candidates are required to apply online. Detailed instructions for filling up online applications are available on the website.

    The candidates residing in certain remote areas specified in Para 6 of the detailed notice published in Employment News/Rozgar Samachar dated January 8, 2011 have the option to apply offline by using the Common Application Form devised by the Commission for its examinations.

    These forms can be purchased from the designated head post offices/post offices throughout the country In case of any difficulty in obtaining application forms from the designated HPOs/POs, the candidates should immediately contact the concerned Post Master or UPSC’s “Forms Supply Monitoring Cell” over telephone.

    All offline applications, if any, received from candidates residing in normal areas/abroad shall be rejected by the commission. The option of offline application is available only to candidates residing in specified remote areas.

    All online applications can be filled up to February 7, 2011 till 11.59 p.m. after which the link will be disabled.

    All offline applications must reach the UPSC on or before February 14, 2011. No application will be received by hand or by courier.

    In case of any guidance/information/clarification regarding their application, candidature etc. candidates can contact UPSC’s facilitation counter in person or over telephone.

  • EAMCET Cutoff Mark 50 For Engineering.

    From this year, just qualifying in Eamcet will no longer ensure a seat in engineering colleges too.

    Much to the 700-odd Engineering college’s chagrin, the state government has decided to make it mandatory for students to secure at least 50 per cent marks in Intermediate in Maths, Physics and Chemistry to be eligible for admission to engineering colleges.

    Students from scheduled castes and scheduled tribes should get at least 40 per cent.
    The new norm may prove disastrous for Engineering colleges as nearly 80,000 students who qualified in Eamcet last year did not secure 50 per cent marks in Inter.

    But from next year, those who do no secure 50 per
    cent marks will not be able to pursue Engineering courses resulting in thousands of seats remaining vacant.

    The requirement of 50 per cent in Intermediate was applicable only to Eamcet medical stream students in accordance with the direc
    tions of the Medical Council of India two years ago.

    The new norm, that is meant to improve standards in professional education, will be incorporated in the Eamcet notification set to be issued in the first week of February.

    This follows the decision of the All India Council for Technical Education to increase the qualifying marks from 35 per cent to 50 per cent in 10+2 exams to improve the standards in Engineering. All India Council for Technical Education has decided to increase the qualifying marks from 35 per cent to 50 per cent in 10+2 exams to improve the standards in Engineering.

    Till date, only pass marks (35 per cent) in Intermediate was enough for a student to
    take admission in BE, B.Tech courses apart from securing 25 per cent marks in Eamcet.

    For students from scheduled castes and scheduled tribes, even a “zero” in Eamcet would fetch them a seat For students from scheduled castes and scheduled tribes, even a “zero” in Eamcet would fetch them a seat in BE/B.Tech courses if they
    just managed to pass Intermediate.

    The current standards are so bad that less than 20 per cent students could pass their First Year BE over the last two years in nearly 600 colleges across the state.

    This year, another 100 colleges came up taking the total to 700, the highest number in the country.

    The state has 2.8 lakh
    engineering seats of which 95,000 seats remained vacant this year. If the 50 per cent marks norms comes it effect, the officials expect nearly 1.5 lakh seats to remain vacant next year forcing nearly 200 colleges to shut down.

    Fearing worst times ahead, the managements of engineering colleges have decided to fight against the 50 per
    cent marks norms by launching agitation programmes. They are demanding that the government write to the AICTE for relaxing the 50 per cent norm.

    However, the new norm will came in handy for the government which is trying to reduce its financial burden on account of the fee reimbursement scheme.

    Source : DC

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