The Supreme Court’s latest ruling disallowing second phase of EAMCET counselling has come as a big blow not only to the managements of private engineering colleges, which were not allowed to participate in the first phase counselling, but also to the students who got admissions. While the colleges could not take students, the students who were already admitted would lose the opportunity of sliding and change of subjects.
The ruling has shocked the private engineering colleges which were denied participation in the first phase or convener quota counselling that was held in August as they were hoping to get some admissions at least in second phase. Supreme Court bench on Thursday rejected the petition filed by Andhra Pradesh Higher Education Council, arguing that when already many seats were left vacant in colleges, there was no need for second phase counselling. Telangana Government and Telangana State Council for Higher Education, which were against the second phase of counselling from the beginning, welcomed the decision and said that it was a student-friendly decision.
This ruling has not only stopped the private colleges to take admissions of less qualified and non-qualified students, but also won’t leave a room for students to slide their options in the future. After completion of first phase of counselling, as many as one lakh seats in both the States of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh have been left vacant. Out of 2.34 lakh qualified candidates, only 1.16 lakh have been allotted seats. In first phase of counselling, around 168 engineering colleges in both the States got below 100 admissions and 11 colleges recorded zero admissions. Only a few colleges got admissions of 900 and above.
Previously, engineering colleges used to take the admissions of students who did not even qualify or those who qualified with least marks. All such students used to get fee reimbursement but now it is not possible. On the other hand, the number of students getting benefits of Financial Assistance for Students of Telangana (FAST) will also come down drastically. Only 52,839 students were allotted seats after counselling in all the engineering colleges of Telangana. An educationist P Madhusudan Reddy said that denial of second phase counselling has manifold implications and it would affect not just college managements but also the students.
“Students cannot exercise sliding options and they have to stick to the subjects they had chosen in the first phase. Eventually, they have to settle with that course or leave engineering itself,” he said. However, for the State government, it was a favorable decision as it lessens the burden of fee reimbursement scheme.
The ruling has shocked the private engineering colleges which were denied participation in the first phase or convener quota counselling that was held in August as they were hoping to get some admissions at least in second phase. Supreme Court bench on Thursday rejected the petition filed by Andhra Pradesh Higher Education Council, arguing that when already many seats were left vacant in colleges, there was no need for second phase counselling. Telangana Government and Telangana State Council for Higher Education, which were against the second phase of counselling from the beginning, welcomed the decision and said that it was a student-friendly decision. This ruling has not only stopped the private colleges to take admissions of less qualified and non-qualified students, but also won’t leave a room for students to slide their options in the future. After completion of first phase of counselling, as many as one lakh seats in both the States of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh have been left vacant. Out of 2.34 lakh qualified candidates, only 1.16 lakh have been allotted seats. In first phase of counselling, around 168 engineering colleges in both the States got below 100 admissions and 11 colleges recorded zero admissions. Only a few colleges got admissions of 900 and above.
Previously, engineering colleges used to take the admissions of students who did not even qualify or those who qualified with least marks. All such students used to get fee reimbursement but now it is not possible. On the other hand, the number of students getting benefits of Financial Assistance for Students of Telangana (FAST) will also come down drastically. Only 52,839 students were allotted seats after counselling in all the engineering colleges of Telangana. An educationist P Madhusudan Reddy said that denial of second phase counselling has manifold implications and it would affect not just college managements but also the students.
“Students cannot exercise sliding options and they have to stick to the subjects they had chosen in the first phase. Eventually, they have to settle with that course or leave engineering itself,” he said. However, for the State government, it was a favorable decision as it lessens the burden of fee reimbursement scheme.
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