Over 4.21 lakh seats were vacant in engineering colleges across India in 2021-22, says Education Ministry : Read more
The information was shared by Union Minister of State for Education Subhas Sarkar in response to a written question in Rajya Sabha asked by a Bharat Rashtra Samithi member.
New Delhi : More than 4.21 lakh sanctioned seats in engineering colleges across the country remained vacant in the academic year 2021-22 even as the situation has improved in comparison to the last four years, according to Ministry of Education statistics.
The information was shared by Union Minister of State for Education Subhas Sarkar in response to a written question in Rajya Sabha asked by a Bharat Rashtra Samithi member.
According to the data, of the 12,53,337 sanctioned seats in engineering colleges approved by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), 4,21,203 or 33 per cent remained vacant in the year 2021-22.