like engineering, the students seem also getting increasingly cold towards science stream. It was noticed from the admission trend in science in Plus II colleges of Sundargarh.
After final round admission (spot admission) for Plus II colleges, a total of 9,244 seats are found vacant in all three streams of 71 institutions including residential colleges in the district. While in Science stream, 4,160 seats are lying vacant out of 7,426 seats, in Arts stream out of 10,599 seats, 3,512 seats fall vacant and in Commerce, a total of 1,572 seats fall vacant out of 3,167 seats. The similar situation is in the colleges of Rourkela and its surrounding. Here total 3,525 seats are lying vacant in 21 colleges. While 1,153 seats fall vacant in Arts out of total strength of 3,538, it is 1,774 out of 3,481 in Science and 816 out of 1,975 in Commerce stream. The Rourkela Steel Plant managed Ispat Vidya Mandir is the only institution where all the seats in three streams were filled up.
According to reports, in Government Autonomous Junior College, 34, 35 and 22 seats are vacant in Arts, Science and Commerce respectively, out of 197, 352 and 154 seats. It is 113, 104 and 119 out of 307, 307 and 307 in Municipal College, 83, 77 and 32 out of 422, 154 and 154 in Rourkela Junior College, 49, 75 and 94 out of 128, 256 and 256 in Ispat Junior College, 42, 57 and 39 out of 230, 115 and 115 in College of Arts, Science and Technology (Junior), Bondamunda, 132, 150 and 38 out of 230, 197 and 77 in Neelasaila Mohavidyalaya, 156, 91 and 151 out of 307, 154 and 307 in Vedavyas College, 108, 112 and 59 out of 307, 154 and 154 in KK Ray Mohavidyalaya, 69, 11 and 71 out of 154, 154 and 154 in Gandhi Mohavidyalaya, 82, 127 and 58 out of 154, 154 and 77 in Kalyani Ray (Junior) Mahavidyalaya, Hamirpur and 65, 157 and 73 out of 154, 185 and 92 in Utkal Gourav Madhusudan (Junior) Mahavidyalaya.
While 113 seats in Arts fall vacant out of 475 seat, it is 105 out of 307 in Science steam in SG Women’s Junior College. It is 72 out of 230 and 56 out of 77 in Priyadarshini Mahila (Junior) Mahavidyalaya, 35 out of 115 and 56 out of 115 in Subodh Ray College. In Dr Ambedkar Memorial +2 (junior) Residential College, 76 seats fall vacant in Science stream out of 96 and 60 out of 64 in Commerce stream. The situation in residential colleges is the worst. While in Naidu Junior College, 81 seats fall vacant out of 128 seats in Science, it is 48 out of 64 in NM Junior College, 118 out of 128 in Prakruti Science College and 62 out of 128 in Chaitanya College of Education, Panposh Road. Curiously, many seats are lying vacant in Chinmaya Vidyalaya which most often gave 100 per cent results in HSC for last many years and more than 80 per cent of its students get first division. According to figures, 76 seats are vacant out of 128 sanctioned seats here.