Tamil Nadu has asked the All India Council for Technical Education not to its permission for starting new engineering colleges in the State for next academic year in order to improve quality of education and infrastructure in the existing institutions.
“Since we want the engineering colleges to concentrate on providing quality education and upgrading their existing facilities, we have urged AICTE not to give permission for opening new engineering colleges in the State for the next academic year”, Higher Education Minister K Ponmudi told reporters in Chennai on Wednesday.
There were 471 engineering colleges in the State now and counselling for admissions concluded yesterday, he said.
More than 1,65,000 applications were received for about 1,25,000 seats and over 1,11,000 students have joined for various courses after the counselling, he said.
