Over 60 % engineering seats lying vacant in Odisha: Minister

Sambad English Bureau Published On : Feb 15, 2020 at 4:14 PM Updated On : Feb 15, 2020 at 4:19 PM

Bhubaneswar: More than 60 per cent seats in engineering colleges across the state are lying vacant, Skill Development and Technical Education Minister Premananda Nayak informed this in the Assembly today.

In a written reply to Congress MLA Tara Prasad Bahinipati, the Minister said currently a total of 93 engineering colleges with 31,174 seats are functional in the state. In 2019-20 academic year, admission was held for total 11,745 seats for which remaining 19,429 are lying vacant since then, Nayak added.

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The Minister further informed that besides engineering colleges, the state has 163 diploma institutions. While three engineering colleges have approached the Government for Progressive Closure, a diploma college has already been closed, he added.