Most seats in the electrical and allied streams — around 70 per cent of the total seats — are lying vacant. Core branches such as mechanical and civil engineering, too, saw lesser demand.
The minister was replying to a question put by the head of a premier management institution at the Loksatta Education Conclave which took place at J W Marriott Hotel at Senapati Bapat Road Friday.
Significant efforts need to be made to improve employability in the engineering sector as less than 8 per cent of Indian engineers are employable in core engineering roles, reveals an Aspiring Minds' report.
IIT JEE Advanced 2016 result: The results of the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Advanced exams 2016 is declared on June 10 am on the official website jeeadv.ac.in.
Sources said the decision to start a Vedic education board, on the lines of CBSE, is based on the recommendation of Sanskrit experts and representatives of gurukuls and ved pathshalas.
In April this year, Judges of the Supreme Court earned the blessings of lakhs of underprivileged students when they asked the CBSE to implement NEET in 2016, despite opposition from states and individuals across party lines
The Medical Education Minister Vinod Tawde said since the NEET is based on CBSE syllabus, the government will have to upgrade its HSC syllabus and then Maharashtra can join the NEET from 2017
Amid reports suggesting that the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) was planning to re-conduct the class 12 maths exam on May 1, the board on Tuesday, April 5, denied the claim.