1.06 lakh seats in professional courses in Gujarat

The Gujarat government has decided to add more than 50,000 seats in 326 professional colleges all over the state. With this a total of 1,06,108 seats are available in various colleges across the state. The largest increase would be in engineering courses with 35,700 being added.

At present there are 65,886 seats in 326 institutes all over the state. With 36 percent increase now 1.06 lakh seats would be available for the students.

Director Technical Education Manish Bhardwaj siad that seat capacity of degree and diploma courses in Engineering, Pharmacy has been increased remarkably. Seat capacity in MBA/MCA faculty has also been increased significantly.

Compared to last year- 2008- where degree engineering course had 19000 seats, this year it has been increased up to 36023 seats. Accordingly diploma courses have witnessed a remarkable rise during one year, from 32000 seats to 54000 seats. Similarly the intake capacity for pharmacy, MBA and MCA courses will be increased by 480, 730 and 300 seats respectively.

On Line Admission systems for Engineering, Pharmacy, MBA and MCA courses have been started from this year. As many as 62 ‘Admission Help Centers’ are functional.

Procedures have been initiated to start 12 Degree, 7 Diploma colleges on semi finance and PPP model from next year, he added.