Chennai: In view of the delayed medical admissions and CBSE Class XII revaluation results, engineering colleges and deemed universities have urged All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) to give permission to enrol 10% additional intake this year.NEET re-exam is scheduled to be held on June 21 after the cancellation of the test conducted on May 3 due to a question paper leak. This is expected to delay the admissions to medicine and technical courses this year.“Instead of postponing the counselling and keeping lakhs of engineering aspirants waiting, the AICTE should allow the top 200 ranked colleges, deemed universities in NIRF, to enrol 10% additional intake. It would prevent vacancies in courses such as computer science engineering and other branches in top colleges after medical counselling,” said S Vaidhyasubramaniam, vice-chancellor of Sastra.Engineering colleges also worried about the chaotic admission season due to the delay in medical admissions.“The toppers might join computer science engineering in the counselling and might leave their seats if they get admission to MBBS. An additional 10% intake would be helpful to prevent vacancies in the top colleges,” said Abhay Meganathan, vice-chairman, Rajalakshmi Group of Institutions.Private colleges consortium asked for a special window to fill vacancies after the medical admissions.“State govt should allow the engineering colleges to fill the vacant seats after medical counselling. Or else the most preferred courses will go vacant,” said P Selvaraj, secretary of consortium of self-financing professional, arts and science colleges.
