Bhubaneswar: A total of 25,000 seats, which is about 84 per cent, have remained vacant following the completion of admission by Odisha Joint Entrance Examination (OJEE) Committee in November.
The number is 3,500 more than the last year’s count. Odisha has nearly 34,000 B.Tech seats, out of which 4,300 are with government colleges, while the remaining 29,700 are with 88 private engineering colleges, according to The New Indian Express.
Sources of the paper in OJEE panel revealed that over 95 per cent BTech seats were filled in government colleges during the counselling but only 16 per cent seats were filled in private engineering colleges.
“Approximately 8,800 students have enrolled into BTech programmes in both government and private engineering colleges. Out of it, the admissions in private engineering colleges is around 4,800,” a top OJEE official was quoted as saying by the daily.
Engineering colleges have been witnessing more than 60 per cent vacancy in the last three year and things worsened following the outbreak of COVID-19.
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