As per the directive of the Odisha High Court, the State Government on Sunday conducted a Special Odisha Joint Entrance Examination (OJEE) to fill up around 37,000 seats in different engineering colleges for B Tech courses.
The examination which began at 10 am concluded at 12 noon.About 12,000 students appeared the examination at 15 centres in Bhubaneswar.
Notably, total 12,700 students from the State have completed choice locking during first phase of counselling as per JEE Main rank. In the State, total 49,000 B Tech seats are available in six State-run and 90 private engineering colleges.
The results of the Special OJEE would be announced by July 27 while the counselling for the qualifying students would be held between August 8 and 14.
The second phase counselling for the JEE Main qualifying students would begin from August first week.
Talking about the large number of vacant seats in the engineering colleges in the State, OJEE Chairman Tushar Kant Nath said it has to be accepted as a trend.
“The fact is that the number of engineering seats is more than the number of students in Odisha,” he added.