Engineering admission possible now

Your failure to appear in Gujarat Common Entrance Test (GUJCET) or clear the test will not hinder you from seeking admission to one of the professional courses this year. In a last-minute effort to fill up vacant seats, the state government on Monday issued a notification to the Admission Committee for Professional Courses to admit non-GUJCET students in professional courses.The move will allow colleges to fill up around 7.7K vacant seats in engineering and pharmacy. GUJCET is mandatory to get admission in professional courses and is open only for students from Gujarat. However, with this change, officials in the state government's education department say that even students from outside the state will be admitted to colleges for professional courses like engineering, pharmacy.

According to available information, 5390 seats are vacant in engineering and 2200 seats are vacant in pharmacy even after completion of all procedures.MM Patel from ACPC confirmed that they have received the notification and he said around 8,000 students who did not appear from GUJCET or failed in the exam will benefit as a result of this move.Hasmukh Adhia, principal secretary, education department, Gujarat government told DNA that there were some vacant despite all students from Gujarat being granted admission.The move will facilitate students from outside Gujarat to take admission in Gujarat.We have issued notification only for the current year,said Adhia. He further said that the students from outside Gujarat will include students who have received high percentage and are willing to take admission in the courses.

Interestingly, after GUJCET was held, this is the fifth such effort to fill up the empty seats.Earlier, the government extended the date of admission. It then held supplementary exam and amended rules so that diploma final year students could get admission directly to degree courses in first year. Now, they are allowing students who did not appear or clear GUJCET to attend colleges and are even inviting outsiders. Such a move only aims to benefit private colleges, said Manish Doshi, member, Gujarat University's Executive Council.