BANGALORE: The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has buckled under pressure from several states to alter eligibility criteria for engineering courses: it has agreed to consider computer science and electronics as qualifying subjects along with the existing ones.
The apex regulator, however, has turned down the request to reduce eligibility criteria for general category students from the revised 50% marks (45% in case of SC/ST candidates) in qualifying subjects for admission to engineering courses. AICTE had enhanced eligibility criteria by 5% for general category students from this year.
More II PU candidates are now likely to become eligible to pick engineering seats via the state CET. Marks scored by II PU candidates in computer science and electronics will be considered while deciding eligibility criteria for engineering/technical courses, along with chemistry, biology and biotechnology.
Higher education minister V S Acharya may meet HRD minister Kapil Sibal in New Delhi on Tuesday to push for reduction in eligibility criteria for 2011-12.
The apex regulator, however, has turned down the request to reduce eligibility criteria for general category students from the revised 50% marks (45% in case of SC/ST candidates) in qualifying subjects for admission to engineering courses. AICTE had enhanced eligibility criteria by 5% for general category students from this year.
More II PU candidates are now likely to become eligible to pick engineering seats via the state CET. Marks scored by II PU candidates in computer science and electronics will be considered while deciding eligibility criteria for engineering/technical courses, along with chemistry, biology and biotechnology.
Higher education minister V S Acharya may meet HRD minister Kapil Sibal in New Delhi on Tuesday to push for reduction in eligibility criteria for 2011-12.
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