The Odisha Joint Entrance Examination (OJEE) is planning to go for a second phase counselling as 25,820 engineering seats still lie vacant in colleges across the State.
On Friday, the OJEE published provisional list of the engineering counselling. Out of the total 45, 677 seats at various engineering colleges in the State, only 19,647 students have taken admission this year. “As we have many vacant seats in various colleges, we are planning to go for a second phase counselling to fill the vacant seats,” said OJEE secretary Priyabrata Sahu.
In view of the counselling for admission into B Tech and B Pharm courses for JEE (Main)-2013 and NEET-UG, 2013 rank holder candidates in private engineering and pharmacy colleges, the provisional allotments, withdrawal and final allotment for engineering (B Tech) and Pharmacy (B Pharm) streams for all OJEE -2013 and JEE main/NEET-UG have been rescheduled, OJEE sources said.