Classes for 1st yr engg students in TN likely from Nov
Engineering colleges for first year students in Tamil Nadu are likely to be opened from November even as the admissions are expected to be completed by the end of October.
The Directorate of Technical Education (DOTE), which is conducting engineering counselling has already completed admission procedures for special category students including those who studied in government schools and availed of the 7.5% quota.
A senior official from DOTE said that at present, the first round of online counselling is being conducted for students in the general category. “Provisional allotment will be made for them on October 5,” he said, adding, “Students participating in the second round of counselling, would get provisional allocation on October 9.” He said likewise, applicants, who appear for the third round of counselling, would get seat allocation on October 13. “Similarly, candidates in the final and fourth round of counselling would get provisional allocation on October 17.”
Stating that after general counselling, supplementary counselling would be conducted, the DOTE official said, “All admission formalities would be completed on October 25.”
A total of 1,36,973 students would participate in the four rounds of counselling this academic year. Also, this year, 476 colleges, including Anna University, have as many as 1,51,870 against the total student enrolments of 1,38,531.
The official said the students, who got engineering seats of their choice, would be immediately reported to the colleges which was allocated to them. “Accordingly, classes for first-year students are expected to begin from the first week of November,” he said, adding, an official notification would be issued once counselling was over. In addition, fresh Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) would be issued for all colleges conducting physical classes for the freshers,” the official said.