With the restructuring of seats within the authorities schools of Gujarat within the 2022-23 educational session, a surge of 57.38 per cent has been registered in admissions for diploma engineering programmes in 2024-25, in response to the official information.
The state authorities applied the restructuring of seats on June 28, 2023, at 9 of a complete of 16 authorities engineering schools after a trial was performed within the yr 2021-22. Gujarat has a complete of 138 engineering schools — authorities (16), grant-in-aid (3), and self-financed (119).
Within the educational yr 2022-23, out of a complete of 9,839 seats in authorities engineering schools, 4,973 (50.54 per cent) seats had been crammed. As per the information maintained by the Admission Committee for Skilled Programs (ACPC), after restructuring, out of 9,385 seats, 6,590 (70.22 per cent) seats had been crammed in 2023-24 in a rise of 33.51 per cent as in comparison with the earlier yr. In one more surge in 2024-25, out of 9,385 seats, 7,827 (83.4 per cent) seats had been crammed — 57.38 per cent increased than in 2022-23.
“An evaluation of information traits of the final 10 years was taken into consideration. Seats in schools in sure branches that had been going vacant had been shifted to different areas the place there was a requirement. Additionally, components like employability had been taken into consideration,” Commissioner of Technical Training Banchha Nidhi Pani instructed The Indian Categorical whereas giving particulars in regards to the technique for restructuring.
Additionally, 1,614 seats in new rising branches had been launched within the authorities engineering schools within the yr 2022-23. In 2023-24, 90 per cent of such seats had been crammed — 1,452 out of 1,614. Additional, within the yr 2024-25, 94.49 per cent of seats — 1,525 out of 1,614 — had been crammed, as per the information shared.
Equally, within the diploma engineering schools, in 2024-24, out of 20,698 seats, 17,715 seats (85.59 per cent) had been crammed — 23.3 per cent increased than the earlier yr’s consumption.
In 2024-25, out of a complete of 20,698 seats, 17,747 seats had been crammed (85.74 per cent) in a rise of 23.52 per cent in comparison with the earlier educational session.
Among the many totally different disciplines, computer systems, electronics and communication have seen a big improve this yr in comparison with final yr. Whereas 80 per cent of seats had been crammed within the core branches like mechanical, electrical, and civil, 100 per cent of the seats had been crammed within the rising branches.
Officers acknowledged that this yr 84.3 per cent of presidency and grant-in-aid seats, 48 per cent of personal seats, and a complete of 54 per cent of seats had been crammed. That is the best within the final 5 years, officers added.
The diploma engineering programmes that had been restructured within the educational yr 2022-23 embrace vehicle from Modasa to Ahmedabad, mechanical from Dahod to Ahmedabad, civil and electrical from Morbi to Surat, and mechanical from Modasa to Ahmedabad. Equally, in 2023-24, instrumentation and management had been shifted from Bhavnagar to Ahmedabad, electronics, and communication from Bharuch to Surat, mechanical from Bhavnagar to Surat, and civil from Dahod to Ahmedabad.
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