Engineering seats fee increased by 10% in Karnataka

BENGALURU: The engineering seats' fee has been increased by 10% in the state. The private college association has signed a consensual agreement with the government on Thursday.

The existing fee for government quota seats was Rs 45,000 through Common Entrance Test conducted by Karnataka Examination Authority and the fee for COMEDK seats (private quota) was around Rs 1.5 lakh, now both these fee structures have been increased by 10%.

As per the consensual agreement, 45% of the engineering seats will be reserved for CET quota and the remaining seats shall be reserved for COMEDK and management quota.

The state government has not yet received the seat matrix of engineering seats from AICTE.

Karnataka has 201 engineering colleges and there are more than one lakh engineering seats. Every year more than 10,000 seats remain unfilled.