The engineering and technical colleges in Chhattisgarh are planning to hike the fees to the discomfort of the students aspiring to make engineering their career.
Although the exact percent of hike was not clear, the fees regulatory committee is considering to hike the fees significantly from the next academic session, sources said.
Meanwhile, the technical education department has finalised the rules for the admission into various engineering colleges and technical institutions operating in the state.
According to the new rules, the students of the state will have 70 five per cent reservation in such colleges while 15 per cent has been left for the management to allot under its quota.
The department while issuing the guidelines for admission, has issued the list of old engineering colleges and their interim fee.
Two years ago, the fees regulatory committee had finalised fee structure for various engineering and technical colleges. At that time it was considered as a big hike by students and guardians. However, this time the committee is likely to give a jolt by increasing it further.
The state has 49 engineering colleges including private and government. They have together more than 18,000 seats.
The department has created three categories for admission into private engineering colleges. While 75 per cent of the seats would be filled by students of Chhattisgarh, ten per cent would be kept reserved for students of other states; 15 per cent seats have been earmarked as management quota. However, in government engineering colleges 100 per cent seats would be reserved for the students of the home state. Some engineering colleges are planning to hike their student intake capacity by increasing seats.
Some new colleges are also likely to be opened. The technical education department said the admission to engineering colleges would be made through counselling. The counselling fee would be Rs 300 for each student.
The department said 50 per cent seats would be reserved for women in both government and autonomous engineering colleges.