Engineering craze goes down as JEE registrations decline

The craze for engineering as a career is on a downward trend with the number of registrations for Joint Entrance Examinations (JEE) going down each year for the past four years.

In 2015, 14.3 lakh students had registered for the examination, which is a gateway to getting admission in engineering colleges, including the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs). The number fell to 12.8 lakh in 2018.

Click here: JEE Main 2018

However, for admission to IITs, students need to qualify another level of entrance examination, which is the JEE-advanced held by the IITs themselves.

The number of those registering for JEE exam has declined by 15.3 percent in the last four years. The data was shared by Ministry of Human Resource Development in response to a written question in Parliament on Monday.

click here: JEE Advanced 2018

At present, 10,998 seats are available in 23 IITs all over the country. Declining number of JEE registrations has also affected admissions in IITs. Last year, 121 seats were vacant across all IITs in the country, the number was lesser in 2016 with 96 seats vacant. The ministry, however, said this had more to do with unpopular streams being vacant.

“If a student is getting a stream which he/she does not want to pursue, he will take a re-examination instead of taking that seat, which is why the seats are vacant. For example, there is a course in IIT-BHU which is not popular and most number of seats are vacant there only,” said a senior official in the HRD Ministry.

This is the reason that the ministry has also asked IITs to scrap “unpopular” courses and add more seats to popular courses.

More News
AP TET Results 2024 Live Updates: How to check my score once released?
AP TET 2024 Results Live Updates: When announced, the AP TET results and scorecards can be downloaded from the official website -- aptet.apcfss.in.Manabadi AP TET Results 2024 Live Updates: The Department of School Education, Andhra Pradesh will anno...
IIT Delhi invites applications for Project Management online certificate course
Interested students can apply for this course at the official website of IIT Delhi -- iitdelhi.emeritus.org.The Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IITD) on March 14 launched applications for an online certificate programme of Project Management. ...
GATE 2024 Result: Date, websites to check GATE scores
GATE 2024 Result Date, Time: Candidates who took the GATE 2024 exam can check their scores at the official website -- gate2024.iisc.ac.in.GATE 2024 Result Date, Time: The GATE 2024 result will be announced on March 16 by the IISc Bangalore. Candidate...
AP TET 2024 result: Where can I check my result?
AP TET 2024: Candidates who appeared for the exam will be able to download their scorecard from the official website -- aptet.apcfss.in. AP TET 2024 Result Link: The Department of School Education, Andhra Pradesh will today release the results for th...
IIM Lucknow to launch angel investing certification programme
The two-day residential programme at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Lucknow EIC (Noida) campus will be held on April 6 and 7, 2024.Startup accelerator program India Accelerator Wednesday announced a partnership with the IIM-Lucknow Enterpri...
NEET MDS 2024 admit cards to release on March 15
NEET MDS 2024 Hall Ticket: Registered students will be able to download their admit cards from the official website -- natboard.edu.in.NEET MDS 2024: The National Board of Examination in Medical Science (NBEMS) will tomorrow (March 15) release the ad...
AP EAMCET (AP EAPCET) 2024 registration begins at cets.apsche.ap.gov.in
Interested candidates can register for AP EAMCET 2024 through the official website – cets.apsche.ap.gov.in.Andhra Pradesh State Council of Higher Education (APSCHE) today started the registration process for the Andhra Pradesh Engineering, Agri...
Bihar Board Results 2024 Soon: Students from CBSE, other states switching to BSEB
Bihar Board Results 2024: The number of students shifting from CBSE to BSEB has been continuously increasing by nearly 20,000 since 2018.Bihar Board 12th Result 2024, BSEB Inter Result: The Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) last year revealed tha...
JEECUP 2024: Uttar Pradesh UPJEE polytechnic application extended; exam deferred
UPJEE JEECUP 2024: Candidates yet to register for the exam will be able to fill the application form online at jeecup.admissions.nic.in.The Joint Entrance Examination Council Uttar Pradesh (JEECUP) extended the UP Joint Entrance Examination (Polytech...
AP EAMCET (AP EAPCET) 2024 registration begins
Interested candidates can register for AP EAMCET 2024 through the official website – cets.apsche.ap.gov.in.Andhra Pradesh State Council of Higher Education (APSCHE) today started the registration process for the Andhra Pradesh Engineering, Agri...