A total of 27,786 engineering seats and 2,283 MBA seats are lying vacant in all 94 degree engineering and 71 management colleges in the State in the current academic session.
Skill Development and Technical Education Minister Sanjay Kumar Dasburma informed this in the Assembly on Saturday.
In a written reply to a question by BJD MlA Ranendra Pratap Swain, the Minister further informed that a total of 121 diploma technical institutios and 630 ITI are imparting education in the State. This apart, three Government engineering schools and 27 private engineering colleges are imparting second shift diploma courses.
The information furnished by the Minister also informed that 57,111 ITI students, 34,727 diploma engineering students and 14,156 degree engineering students have registered their names by September 2015 in various Employment Exchanges and are waiting for jobs.
The number of vacancies in engineering and MBA colleges has declined this year in comparison to the last year. In 2014, the number of vacancies in engineering and MBA colleges were 30,494 and 2,804, respectively.