Telangana stir takes a toll, empty benches in Andhra colleges-Mon Oct 11 2010
The agitation for a separate Telangana state is having a fallout on Andhra Pradesh’s educational institutions. Wary of disruptions due to shutdowns and bandhs, students are staying away from engineering colleges in parts of the state.
At the end of the first phase of engineering admissions on October 4, of the 1.82 lakh seats on offer, 55,000 had not been taken. The second phase of admissions for another 88,000 seats started on October 5 but officials don’t expect more than 15,000 to be taken.
Colleges located in and around Hyderabad, Vijayawada and other hotspots of the agitation have been affected the most.
Higher Education Department officials say that earlier colleges would have a mix of students from Telangana, coastal and Rayalaseema districts. But students this time are preferring to take admission in their native districts or region they belong to, thereby leaving a huge number of vacancies in colleges in other regions.
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