25% TN engineering colleges yet to admit students

CHENNAI: One-fourth of the colleges have not attracted a single candidate by Monday, nine days after

Tamil Nadu Engineering Admissions

began. And, around 350 government and self-financing colleges have got less than 10 students each under the general category.

Data accessed by TOI shows that of the 527 Anna University-affiliated colleges in the single-window counselling process, only 39 have filled more than 75% of

seats

.

With the number of absentees gradually increasing, more than one lakh seats are expected to remain vacant this year. Close to 1.18 lakh seats went without takers in 2016-17.

Unlike in previous years, when seats in top colleges got filled in a day or two, this year, it reportedly took more than a week.

(By Ram Sundaram)