COVID-19: Academic session for freshers in engineering, technical colleges to begin on Oct 25
The AICTE said that the colleges will have to complete the first round of counselling and allotment of seats by September 30 while the second round has to be concluded by October 10.
Press Trust of India | July 15, 2021 | 08:49 AM IST
New Delhi: The academic session in engineering and technical institutions for freshers will begin from October 25 while those for existing students will start from October 1, according to the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE).
The calendar has been revised by the technical education regulator after the postponement and ultimately cancellation of board exams in view of the pandemic. According to the revised calendar, the colleges will have to complete the first round of counselling and allotment of seats by September 30 while the second round has to be concluded by October 10.
The council has said the process of the grant of approval for the technical institutions, standalone PGDM and PGCM colleges, would be completed by July 15. Commencement of classes for existing and new students in standalone PGDM and PGCM institutions will be done by August 2.
For standalone institutions providing post-graduate diploma in management (PGDM) or certificate courses in management, the last date for admissions will be August 11. Earlier, the deadline was July 10. For open and distance learning courses or those taught online, admissions will close on September 10 for the first session and February 1, 2022, for the second session, as per the AICTE's revised schedule.
Write to us at news@careers360.com .
Follow us for the latest education news on colleges and universities, admission, courses, exams, research, education policies, study abroad and more..
To get in touch, write to us at news@careers360.com.
Featured News
]- 4 years later, court calls IIT Guwahati scholar’s expulsion ‘arbitrary’; allows Vikrant Singh to complete PhD
- Game of Thrones on Gandhi Hills: Lessons from MGAHV Wardha’s years of turmoil
- NCTE’s one-year B.Ed, M.Ed plan will dilute teacher training, produce ‘mere technicians’: Experts
- Analysis: What CBSE’s holding Class 10 board exams twice a year means for schools, teachers, students
- Co-author of TISS report on ‘illegal’ Bangladeshi, Rohingya migrants under scanner for harassment, abuse
- NCTE to relaunch 1-year B.Ed, M.Ed with NTA-run admission test; drafts rules on syllabus
- ‘Used like guinea pigs’: Sarvodaya Vidyalaya parents want IB syllabus withdrawn, write to LG
- NCH relaxes teacher norms for PG departments in homeopathy colleges
- IIT Kanpur Suicide: No TA-duty for PhDs, review of labs, investigation – students make 11 demands
- ‘Beyond Kota and IIT exams’: Student suicides have more than board exams, academic pressure behind them