August 13,2019:
Around 60% of the seats in Engineering colleges under Consortium of Medical, Engineering, & Dental Colleges of Karnataka (COMEDK) quota have not been filled for the 2019-20 academic year.
Of the total 16,216 seats available under COMEDK quota, 9,782 seats have gone vacant.
As the seats under the COMEDK quota cost more than three times that of Govt. quota seats in private colleges, many college managements have slashed the fees.
Some college managements even reduced the fee to be the same charged for the government quota seats.
Many private college managements surrendered seats to the Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) in an attempt to ensure that their seats are filled. However, there were very few takers for those too.
Fee fixed by Government for the undergraduate engineering seats at private engineering colleges is ₹58,800 through the CET route, & ₹ 2,01,960 under COMEDK.
A COMEDK official stated that nearly 1,400 engineering seats that were initially picked by candidates were surrendered after round 1.
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