'MCA' course lost its fame

Updated on: Wednesday, September 02, 2009

Hyderabad: The MCA colleges reports with only 50 % of the seats filled and many students did not turn up for admission even after being allotted seats in the counselling.

This has forced the MCA colleges to urge the government to take over their management quota seats and fill them under convenor quota.

Of the total 16,000 students who were allotted seats in the counselling, only 12,000 students took admissions. Academics fear that several MCA colleges would head for closure this year due to poor response in the wake of slowdown in the IT sector.

Of the total 29,739 seats in over 550 MCA colleges, only 16,210 seats have been filled up in the first phase. The second phase is scheduled began from August 30.

About 4,000 students who were allotted seats have not taken admissions. Some students are reportedly planning to switch over to MBA from MCA.

Students qualified in the Integrated Common - Entrance Test (Icet) have d the flexibility to opt for either MBA or MCA as the e common entrance test is conducted for both courses.

'Some students who were - allotted seats too did not . turn up for admission o despite the due date expirt ing on August 22. We are worried over that students - too might switch over to r MBA in the second phase,' said Mr K.Satya Prakash, the representative of an n MCA college

'MCA' course lost its fame

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