33% BTech seats vacant in 2021-22; gradual decrease in approved seats for engineering colleges
Number of approved seats for engineering courses have been gradually decreasing in the past five years. More than 4 lakh seats remain vacant in 2021-22.
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Use NowAnu Parthiban | December 14, 2022 | 03:03 PM IST
NEW DELHI: 33.6 percent seats were not filled in undergraduate engineering colleges in the academic year 2021-22, minister of state for education Subhas Sarkar told the Rajya Sabha today.
The minister was replying to a question on how many seats are vacant in BTech engineering colleges in the last five years. Responding to a question on why the BTech seats were vacant, Sarkar said: “The filling up of seats in engineering institutes is dependent on demand- supply situation which is dependent on location of the institutes, academic and infrastructural facilities therein and the placement opportunities.”
According to the data shared by the minister 33.6% BTech seats remained vacant in the academic year 2021-22. More than 4 lakh seats remain vacant in 2021-22 against the sanctioned number of 12,53,337 BTech seats. It is noteworthy that nearly 8 lakh engineering aspirants write Joint Entrance Examinations (JEE Main) for admission to various engineering courses.
44 percent seats remain unfilled in the academic year 2020-21 and 44.2% in 2019-21, as per the data. The total number of approved seats for engineering courses have also been gradually decreasing in the past five years.
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Vacant BTech seats in last 5 years
Here are the details of the number of seats approved and vacant in engineering colleges in the last five years.
Year |
Number of approved seats |
Vacant seats |
2017-18 |
14,65,873 |
7,22,112 |
2018-19 |
13,95,345 |
6,78,932 |
2019-20 |
13,28,247 |
5,87,314 |
2020-21 |
12,86,545 |
5,66,538 |
2021-22 |
12,53,337 |
4,21,203 |
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