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| Thursday, May 22, 2008
TNAU relaxes admission norms for under-graduate courses
Minimum qualifying marks for admission have been reduced
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) has liberalised
admission norms for under-graduate courses offered by it.
Minimum qualifying marks for admission, which was 60 per aggregate
in mathematics/botany/biology – physics – chemistry
and elective has been reduced to 55 per cent from the current
academic year for open competition, 50 per cent for the backward
class and 45 per cent for the most backward class students.
For Scheduled Caste and Tribe students a pass in qualifying
examination is sufficient to get admission.
Addressing newsmen here on Wednesday, University Vice-Chancellor
C.Ramasamy said from the current academic year biology in plus
two was not compulsory for under-graduate agriculture courses.
Students belonging to the mathematics stream but studied biology
in 10th standard would be eligible for admission.
The Vice-Chancellor said the demand for B.Sc. (Agri) and other
courses offered by the University continued to be encouraging.
Last year the University received 5,000 applications as against
its intake of 1,000 students.
In the current year, the number of seats was reduced to 800
due to lack of hostel facilities.
This would be restored by next year as additional hostel buildings
were being constructed.
He said the University had been updating the syllabi based on
the current technologies and developments in agricultural science
to match international standards and institutes.
From the current academic year, the University would offer dual
degree programmes in partnership with Nova Scotia Agricultural
College (NSAC), Canada. The dual degree would integrate NSAC’s
B.Tech (Environmental Horticulture) and TNAU’s B.Sc (Agri),
B.Sc (Horti) and B.Tech ( Horti).
Placement record
Placement record of the University was good as more than 60
per cent of the graduates were absorbed by the private sector
and the rest opted for higher studies, the Vice Chancellor added.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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