23,000 engineering seats yet to filled in Karnataka

According to the Karnataka Examinations Authority, which conducted three rounds of counselling to fill up engineering seats, the number of engineering seats going vacant is the highest in the past five years.  

As per a report published in Deccan Herald, a whopping 23,000 engineering seats are still lying vacant at various colleges in Karnataka. The Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) conducted three rounds of counselling to fill up engineering seats. After the completion of two official rounds, the state government sought permission from the Supreme Court to extend the last date for engineering admissions and held a second extended round (third round) of counselling till December 31, 2021, to fill up the vacant seats, but to no avail.  

According to the KEA data, the number of engineering seats going vacant is the highest in the past five years. Officials in the Higher Education department said the number is expected to cross the 30,000 mark after the completion of NEET-UG counselling as many medical aspirants would give up engineering seats and switch to medical education. 
“Around 30,000 students have registered for UG-NEET counselling of whom at least 25,000 have held on to engineering seats. If all these students get a medical, dental or any other course, those seats will again remain unfilled,” said an official. A total of 64,484 seats were made available this year out of which 48,027 seats were chosen. 

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