Hyderabad, August 03: Counselling for engineering admissions is likely to be delayed further as the All India Technical Education Council (AICTE) is yet to communicate the final list of affiliated engineering colleges in the state to AP State Higher Education Council (APSCHE). Of the about 650 colleges that applied for renewal of affiliation, only 70 got clearance so far.
The EAMCET authorities planned to conduct counselling in August but due to delay in renewal of affiliation to about 580 engineering colleges the process now has to be postponed and the aspiring engineers have to wait till next month to get their admissions.
In order to expedite the affiliation renewal, the Technical Education department has decided to take up the issue with the AICTE. “It will take at least 10 days for the universities to inspect the colleges and issue affiliation. Counselling will commence only after the final list of colleges affiliated to both the AICTE and the university concerned is submitted to us,” said APSCHE chairman KC Reddy.
Meanwhile, the Admission and Fee Regulation Committee has postponed its decision on increasing fee for admission into professional colleges offering engineering, MBA, MCA and other courses.
The authorities said a decision in this regard would be taken within a week.
“Discussions were held for about two hours but we could not reach consensus on the issue. However, the decision on this issue will be taken before commencement of counselling,” said KC Reddy.
Further, he informed that the AICTE sanctioned affiliation to 23 new colleges in the State.
–Agencies