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19% of Engineering, B-School seats vacant last year


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bout 19% seats in engineering colleges and business schools across the country remained unoccupied in the 2011-12 academic year, the government said on Wednesday. In a written reply to the Lok Sabha, MoS in HRD D Purandeswari said that of the total 14,85,894 seats in engineering colleges across the country, 2,82,320, or 19%, remained unoccupied in 2011-12. 


Similarly, 66,988 seats, or 19% of the 3,52,571 total positions in business management schools remained vacant last year, the minister said, citing data from the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). Purandeswari also informed the House that 20% of faculty posts in engineering colleges and 23% in management schools were lying vacant in that academic year.

Posted on 26 Apr 2012