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Ponmudy presides over process of generating random numbers to be used as tie-breakers during engineering admissions
Discussions will include bringing the State’s deemed universities under the ambit of State regulation, especially with regard to fees and admissions, Mr. Ponmudy said here on Friday.
He was speaking at Anna University soon after presiding over the process of generating random numbers to be used as tie-breakers during the Tamil Nadu Engineering Admissions.
Among other topics of discussion would be the All-India Council for Technical Education, or AICTE’s committee constituted to finalise a fee structure for self-financing engineering colleges across the country. Tamil Nadu had already constituted a committee to do the same in the State, and the Justice N.V. Balasubramanian Committee had submitted its report on Thursday, recommending that fee structure remain the same as last year. For seats filled through the government’s single window counselling system, the fee would be Rs. 32,500 a year, while students applying through the management quota of self-financing colleges would be charged Rs. 62,500 a year, said Mr. Ponmudy, sharing the recommendation of the committee.
This year, 85,000 seats have already been made available for government counselling. Mr. Ponmudy said that another 15,000 seats are expected to become available after AICTE sifts through the applications of new colleges. If these colleges are able to gain university affiliation in time, there could be a total of about one lakh seats through counselling this year. Applications were received from 1,32,264 students this year for those seats.
The Minister appealed to students and their parents not to go to self-financing colleges for admission into management seats until the government counselling is over. Next year, the government plans to shorten the time period between the declaration between school board examination results and the start of counselling in order to reduce the tension faced by parents, he said.
The government’s inspection committee on capitation fees would visit all colleges against which complaints are received, he said. The committee’s report and the plans to take appropriate action against erring colleges would be announced on June 23 in the Assembly, he added.
The Minister also flagged off the process to generate random numbers as a tie-break measure before the counselling rank list is published on June 25. In the event of a tie in cut-off scores, the student with a higher mathematics mark would be given preference in rank allocation. If that is also equal, the physics mark would be considered. At the next level, the fourth subject, usually computer science or biology would be taken into account. If all the marks are exactly the same, the older student would be given preference. If the students were also born on the same day, the random number would be used to break the tie, with the higher value being given preference.
Last year, the random number came into use 19 times during the admission process. Students could find their random number on the TNEA website at www.annauniv.edu/tnea2009.
Random numbers were also assigned to MBBS applicants by the Selection Committee, Directorate of Medical Education.
Sources at the DME’s office said representatives from the State government have left for Delhi to discuss the issue of recognition for the Dharmapuri Medical College. The Medical Council of India’s website showed that approval had not been granted for the year-old college to run courses for the academic year 2009-2010.
"State to seek more control over deemed universities"
Ponmudy presides over process of generating random numbers to be used as tie-breakers during engineering admissions
- Discussions will include bringing deemed universities under ambit of State regulation
- Fee structure for self-financing engineering colleges across the country to be taken up
Discussions will include bringing the State’s deemed universities under the ambit of State regulation, especially with regard to fees and admissions, Mr. Ponmudy said here on Friday.
Among other topics of discussion would be the All-India Council for Technical Education, or AICTE’s committee constituted to finalise a fee structure for self-financing engineering colleges across the country. Tamil Nadu had already constituted a committee to do the same in the State, and the Justice N.V. Balasubramanian Committee had submitted its report on Thursday, recommending that fee structure remain the same as last year. For seats filled through the government’s single window counselling system, the fee would be Rs. 32,500 a year, while students applying through the management quota of self-financing colleges would be charged Rs. 62,500 a year, said Mr. Ponmudy, sharing the recommendation of the committee.
This year, 85,000 seats have already been made available for government counselling. Mr. Ponmudy said that another 15,000 seats are expected to become available after AICTE sifts through the applications of new colleges. If these colleges are able to gain university affiliation in time, there could be a total of about one lakh seats through counselling this year. Applications were received from 1,32,264 students this year for those seats.
The Minister appealed to students and their parents not to go to self-financing colleges for admission into management seats until the government counselling is over. Next year, the government plans to shorten the time period between the declaration between school board examination results and the start of counselling in order to reduce the tension faced by parents, he said.
The government’s inspection committee on capitation fees would visit all colleges against which complaints are received, he said. The committee’s report and the plans to take appropriate action against erring colleges would be announced on June 23 in the Assembly, he added.
The Minister also flagged off the process to generate random numbers as a tie-break measure before the counselling rank list is published on June 25. In the event of a tie in cut-off scores, the student with a higher mathematics mark would be given preference in rank allocation. If that is also equal, the physics mark would be considered. At the next level, the fourth subject, usually computer science or biology would be taken into account. If all the marks are exactly the same, the older student would be given preference. If the students were also born on the same day, the random number would be used to break the tie, with the higher value being given preference.
Last year, the random number came into use 19 times during the admission process. Students could find their random number on the TNEA website at www.annauniv.edu/tnea2009.
Random numbers were also assigned to MBBS applicants by the Selection Committee, Directorate of Medical Education.
Sources at the DME’s office said representatives from the State government have left for Delhi to discuss the issue of recognition for the Dharmapuri Medical College. The Medical Council of India’s website showed that approval had not been granted for the year-old college to run courses for the academic year 2009-2010.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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