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Engg.:management quota fixed at 50 p.c.

By Our Staff Reporter

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM May 28. The Government has passed orders fixing the management quota for admission to self-financing engineering colleges in the State at 50 per cent of the total seats.

This is also applicable to the engineering colleges under the IHRDE, the LBS Centre and the KSRTC.

Private colleges should carry out admissions to this quota as per the norms of the AICTE and the rest, according to the ranklist prepared by the Commissioner for Entrance Examinations.

It has been directed that counselling be finished in one round to avoid delay in admission procedures and commencement of classes. Candidates allotted a self-financing college should submit their options for branch change to the CEE and to the college.

If there are vacancies in other branches in the Government seats in the same college, the college authorities can allow transfer of candidates to those seats, based on rank and option.

Candidates given allotment to one self-financing college will not be allowed to submit option for another self-financing college.

However, these candidates will be allowed to submit options for Government/aided colleges and for other courses.

If the CEE allots a candidate to another college after initially allotting him/her to a self-financing college, no fee should be collected from the student before relieving him/her for admission to the new college.

Subsequent vacancies can be filled up by the managements only on the basis of the entrance ranklist.

The tuition fee has been fixed at a maximum of Rs. 18,000 per semester.

In addition to this an admission fee of Rs. 100, a special fee of Rs. 1,000, a refundable caution deposit of Rs. 5,000 and university fee will have to be given. Institutions are free to charge lesser rates than the ones mentioned above.

No other fee other than those mentioned above should be taken from the candidates.

Institutions planning to charge fee lesser than those mentioned above should report the same to the CEE before May 31, in addition to information regarding PTA fund and the hostel fee.

Up to Rs. 1 lakh can be taken as an interest-free deposit from those admitted in the management quota; institutions are free to decide not to charge this deposit.

The minimum marks mentioned in the prospectus is applicable to seats in the Government and management quotas.

For candidates studying the second year onwards the rate of fee will be the same as they were charged during the time of their admission.

The Government order also says that self-financing colleges should consider granting `freeships' and scholarships to candidates from backward communities not eligible to get financial support from the Government.

Inspections will be carried out in colleges to ensure that Government norms are being followed in giving admission and in charging fee, a pressnote issued here today said.

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