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V. Jayanth
CHENNAI: Now that the results of both the State Board and the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) results are out, students are busy filing their applications for the Anna University's Single Window System (SWS) of counselling. The last date is June 3. It is a clear case of too many chasing too few, when it comes to seats in the popular courses, be it in engineering, medicine or arts and sciences. Close to 4.5 lakh students from the State Board, including the matriculation stream, are grappling for the seats, primarily in the professional courses. About 2.8 lakh students have secured over 60 per cent aggregate. If it is Computer Science, Information Technology and Electronic and Communication Engineering in that stream, it is Commerce in the arts colleges. But the cut-off marks for these courses rule high.
Reduction of seats
What is causing concern to students and their parents appears to be the imminent reduction in the total number of seats for counselling under the SWS. Against the over 40,000 seats that were on offer last year, Anna University authorities expect it to drop to 35,000 or less this year. There were colleges that offered up to 70 per cent of their seats to the SWS in 2004, this year getting even the 50 per cent in key courses may be difficult. Enquiries show that about 30,000 of the 70,000 engineering seats pertain to the prized courses — Computer Science, IT and ECE. And these are the seats that the private self-financing colleges have almost completed "marketing." Even before the issue of conducting a common entrance test to fill up the "management quota" seats has been settled, most of the colleges have filled up the bulk of the seats in these courses. The Subramani committee may decide on Friday. In the medical stream, about 1,645 seats are expected to be available, if the State Government is able to secure the Medical Council's approval for adding 200 seats in two of its own colleges. In addition, about 4,900 seats in paramedical courses and another 600 in dental will also be up for grabs. What should the students be looking for in the counselling? According to a former Vice-Chancellor of the Anna University, "It is the college that matters. There is no point in doing a Computer Science course in a college that lacks adequate recognition. Parents and students should look for the college's accreditation status, their academic track record, the infrastructure facilities and also the placement record. All these details are in the public domain."
Education fair
The Hindu Education Plus is organising a three-day education fair in collaboration with the Madras University, beginning Friday. Aside from the pre-counselling guidance for engineering and medical courses, there are special sessions on Saturday and Sunday to focus on off-beat and new career options.
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