HYDERABAD: The Integrated Common Entrance Test -2008 (ICET) counselling for admissions into MBA and MCA courses was inaugurated by Minister for Higher Education and Technical Education R. Chenga Reddy at Prof. G. Ram Reddy Centre for Distance Education (PGRRCDE) Osmania University campus on Wednesday.
The A.P. State Council for Higher Education (APSCHE) Chairman, K.C. Reddy, after the inauguration, informed that till July 8, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has permitted 57 MCA and 20 MBA new colleges in the State. Another 141 engineering colleges have also received permission to start functioning this academic year.
“The counselling for admissions in new colleges will be in the second phase of ICET counselling. The second phase is likely to start in August,” Mr. Reddy informed.
This is for the first time that web based counselling has been adopted for ICET-2008 counselling. The same procedure will be followed in EAMCET counselling, to be held from July 16. Each candidate was given a scratch card having a password, which can be used during the second phase of counselling. “Students need not come back to the second phase of counselling in the centres. If they have access to Internet, they can use this password to select their course and even the college. This time, the government is also extending fee waiver for SC, ST, BC and minority students whose parental income is less that Rs. 1 lakh per annum,” informed Minister Chenga Reddy.
The APSCHE has selected eight University Colleges and PG centres as helpline centres for web counselling. The centres include Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, Andhra University PG Center, Etcherla (Srikakulam district), Osmania University, Kakatiya University (Warangal), JNTU College of Engineering, Anantapur, S.V. University of Tirupathi, Yogi Vemana University of Kadapa and S.K.U. PG Centre of Kurnool. In the first phase of counselling, AICTE has approved 430 MCA and 292 MBA colleges for counselling. In all, the first phase of ICET counselling has 25,800 MCA and 17,520 MBA seats up for grabs. “Hopefully in a week, a few more MBA, MCA and engineering colleges are likely to get recognised by AICTE. These colleges would be up for admissions in the second phase,” Mr. K.C. Reddy informed.
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