Female students to get 17 percent additional seats in IIT’s
In a welcome news for the girl students aspiring to take admission in Indian Institute of Technology, the prestigious engineering institute in the country this time will be giving admission in 17 percent additional seats in IITs. While 14 percent additional seats were allocated last year. Experts believe that it has increased the prospects of getting desired trades in top IITs even for girls with lower rank in the JEE exam.
To reduce the gender gap in IIT, the supernumerary quota has been fixed in each branch in the year 2018. Under this, girls were admitted separately in 14 per cent seats. Its number was about 900. By combining these seats, about 1840 students enrolled in the 23 IIT’s in India last year. This year, female students will get admission in 17 per cent supernumerary seats.
The Human Resource Development Ministry wants this percentage to reach 20 to 21 percent by 2020-21. Before the quota was decided, only 10 percent of the girls were going to IIT. Now there is a target of 2200 to 2500 girls in 23 IITs in the country.
According to Vipin Baluni, managing director of Baluni Classes, Computer Science and Engineering, Electric, Electronic and Communication etc. are the favorite trades among of girls. If they do not get their desired course in IIT then they enroll in NIT or Top Triple IT. Girls are taking less admission in specialization trades, including civil, mechanical.
Under this arrangement, the girls’ chances of getting a trade of their choice in a good IIT have also increased for lower rank candidates. Through JEE Advanced, the admission is conducted for about 11 thousand 279 seats in the country’s 23 IITs. The exam is going to be on 27th May. The top two lakh 45 thousand students selected by the JEE Main Examination will be declared eligible for JEE Advance. The general category includes 1,13,925, EWSK 9800, OBC’s 66,150, SC’s 36,750 and ST 18,375 students.
