JEE Advanced 2018 | Number of successful girl candidates has increased

JEE Advanced 2018 | Number of successful girl candidates has increased

This year, only 18138 students were able to qualify the JEE Advanced exam following which the government intervened and ensured that SC/ST students and OBC students get the admissions on the seats reserved for them,  Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar said. The minister said “the percentage of girl students in the undergraduate programs of these premier institutions had also seen a rise” as he responded during the question hour. “The IIT system reconsidered the matter and issued an extended merit list, thereby qualifying 31,988 candidates. In view of the proactive action taken, 11,961 seats have been filled this year compared to 10,876 filled last year,” he said. He also said that only 18 seats remained unfilled and that too in courses such as agricultural engineering and biochemical engineering because the demand for them is not too high. This issue will be discussed in the IIT council meeting too. Responding to another question, Javadekar said that oversupply of the seats in engineering curriculum was a legacy problem as AICTE used to give approvals to start a college to anyone. Now, the states have been asked to prepare a perspective plan and many of them have responded positively.

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