Polytechnic Colleges Raise Doubts over AICTE Decision

‘Present system of admissions should not be disturbed’

Erode: The decision allowing B.Sc. graduates access engineering course through lateral entry system, it appears, has caused consternation among polytechnic colleges in the region.

All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE notified in January that undergraduates science graduates with Mathematics as a subject, and 60 per cent aggregate could enter into the second year (third semester) of B.E. / B.Tech programme.

Ipolytechnic colleges told The Hindu that while it was a welcome move, the Council and affiliating university of the region concerned should initiate steps protecting interests of diploma students, who, at present, are the sole consumers of lateral entry seats. At present, diploma holders enjoy 10 per cent of the sanctioned strength, over and above approved intake.

Principal of polytechnic college near Perundurai said the interests of the polytechnic students should be taken into account while preparing the fine print. He felt that if diploma holders and graduates were allowed complete for the same 10 per cent seats, it would disadvantage the former. And added that it would be better if separate percentage of seats were allocated to graduates. Agreeing with him, head of another Government –aided polytechnic college in Namakkal district said if the two seats of students were to compete for the same lateral entry seats, an entrance examination become mandatory, where in diploma holders were likely to be disadvantaged. He suggested that the present system of admissions for diploma students should not be disturbed.

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