With maths in Plus 2 must, demand for MCA goes down
That a change in a single eligibility criterion can lead to many not being able to take up a postgraduate degree was evident from the number who had applied for the Tamil Nadu MCA Counselling 2012.
Only 6,109 had applied for the counselling under the single window system for admission to MCA degree courses offered in Government, Government-aided, and self-financing engineering and arts and science colleges of Tamil Nadu for the academic year 201213, which began here at the Gove r n m e n t C o l l e g e of Technology (GCT), on Monday.
And, this number looks less because there are nearly 12,500 government quota seats up for grabs.
While there were over 9,000 aspirants who attended the counselling in 2010-11, the number rose to 11,014 in 2011-12. But in sharp contrast, this year has witnessed only half that number opting for counselling. This decline is being attributed to the new All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) guideline that lays down that only a candidate who has studied mathematics in Plus-Two is eligible to apply for MCA. This is irrespective of him/her studying mathematics in graduation.
Only 6,109 had applied for the counselling under the single window system for admission to MCA degree courses offered in Government, Government-aided, and self-financing engineering and arts and science colleges of Tamil Nadu for the academic year 2012-13, which began here at the Government College of Technology (GCT), on Monday.
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With so many seats under the government quota available, there were only very few making use of these seats, because they were not able to meet the criterion. There were 8,841 seats in engineering colleges, and as many as 3,576 seats in arts and science colleges, with a total of 12,417 seats.
Allotment letters
It was the second rank holder with 56.00 who received the first allotment letter. This year too there were no surprises with the toppers choosing to pursue their course at PSG College of Technology.
M. Vishnu Narayanan from Tiruchi was the first to get provisional admission into PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore.
He received the allotment letter from V. Lakshmi Prabha, Principal of GCT, and Secretary of Tamil Nadu MBA/MCA Admissions 2012.
Sixth rank holder from Coimbatore, J. Vicky, with a TANCET score of 53.75 got the second allotment letter for admission into PSG College of Technology.
Seventh rank holder H. Manish Kumar for Chennai with a TANCET score of 52.75, received the third allotment letter for admission into SSN College of Technology, Chennai.
R. Krishnaswami, Regional Manager, State Bank of India, Coimbatore, gave away prizes to the first three toppers who received the allotment letters.
On Sunday, a separate counselling was held for the physically challenged where only eight candidates attended. Here too, though there were more than 200 seats allotted under the three per cent disability quota, there were just eight orthopaedically challenged candidates who appeared.
The seats that did not get filled under the disability quota would be added to the general category.
The general counselling for MCA would go on till July 30 including Sundays. It would start at 8 a. m. each day and would be held in five batches.
-thehindu.com