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Ahmadabad, 29 February 2024
Congress MLA Arvindbhai Ladani asked the government how many government engineering colleges are there in Gujarat? The Education Minister gave this answer.
There are 16 government engineering colleges in 14 of the 33 districts and 8 municipalities of Gujarat. Amreli, Botad, Devbhoomi Dwarka, Gir Somnath, Jamnagar, Junagadh, Porbandar, Surendranagar, Sabarkantha are in Vadodara, Anand, Kheda, Chhota Udepur, Mahisagar, Mehsana, Narmada.
In the year 2000, the number of government engineering colleges in the state was 9 and the number of private colleges was 15. Five years later, 2 new colleges were added to the government list as against 22 private colleges, but during 2002–2007 when Anandibehan Patel was the state education minister, the rules for opening self-financed colleges were significantly relaxed and 50 new private colleges were added. Colleges were opened. Opened between 2005 and 2010. Since then this number has been continuously increasing every year and the number of government colleges was 19 which has now become stable at 16.
Despite BJP government for 30 years and double engine government for 10 years. Due to this, poor and middle class children, despite wanting to become engineers, are forced to study in private colleges by paying high fees. There is a conspiracy going on in the BJP government to promote privatization in education in a planned manner. Colleges like Adani are charging fees of around Rs 1.5 lakh per year.
In contrast, there are about 200 self-financed engineering colleges in the state. Such colleges charge fees ranging from Rs 40 thousand to Rs 1 lakh per semester. There are two semesters in a year.
One who passes does not get a job, if he gets it the salary is not enough.
The policy of this government is not to open government engineering colleges, but to provide adequate infrastructure and not fill adequate staff in the colleges opened during the Congress rule. Due to which students are gradually leaving colleges and running towards private colleges. Government colleges increased by only 10 in 20 years, while the number of private colleges increased from 15 to 200, but 57% seats remain vacant.
In 16 government engineering colleges, 316 i.e. about 60 percent posts are vacant as compared to 534 recognized Class-1 institutions. As compared to 1,467 sanctioned posts of Class-2, 193 posts are vacant i.e. 14 percent vacancies. Against 475 sanctioned posts of Class III, 300 posts are vacant, thus 55% vacancies. Against 260 sanctioned posts of Class 4, 21 posts are vacant, i.e. 77% vacancies.
On one hand, colleges are not open and recruitment is not taking place in government engineering colleges opened by Congress governments. The government’s answer is that on the other hand the recruitment calendar is made, we do recruitment every year. Assembly records also revealed that the previous year question answer shows that the number of vacancies has increased in 2023 as compared to the previous year i.e. 2022.
Which is the reduction in the number of candidates admitted as per the recruitment calendar. The government is neither opening government colleges nor providing adequate staff in government colleges. Due to this, a well-planned conspiracy is going on by the BJP government to gradually send students to private colleges of poor, corrupt, profiteering people and gradually close government colleges.
The standard of fee in private colleges is Rs. 60 thousand to 2.50 lakh. Apart from this, the cost of accommodation and food during the four years of study is around Rs 4 lakh to Rs 11 lakh. Still, due to lack of jobs or low salaries, the inclination towards engineering is decreasing.
Against 66,000 seats, only 26 thousand pass.
There are 95,361 students in 12th Science. 68,681 students passed.
There are 20% vacancies in government engineering colleges and 60% vacancies in self finance colleges.
In 2013, there were 74,226 students in Group A in the Class 12 Science examination. Which decreased to 44,546 students in 2021 and 34,440 students in 2020.
In 2013, 10,778 seats were becoming vacant, in 2015, 28,102, in 2018, 33255 seats were becoming vacant.
More and more private colleges were allowed in the state, due to which the condition of engineering has deteriorated due to lack of adequate facilities and quality education in some colleges. Furthermore, students are deprived of adequate practical knowledge due to lack of advanced workshops, hence there are widespread complaints of not getting skilled students despite a large number of engineers passing out.
