From 6% to 18%, more girls opt for diploma courses in Gujarat; mechanical, civil evoke good response

“Along with social media campaigns, nearly 1,000 physical awareness camps conducted in over 7,000 schools in the state helped bring an upward trend in admission for diploma engineering,” Harshad Parmar, acting member secretary of Admission Committee for Professional Diploma Courses (ACPDC), told The Indian Express.

After round two, out of 38,591 seats in 105 self-financed institutes only 9,887 were filled, registering an admission rate of 25 per cent.

Speaking on the higher number of female takers, Bhaskar Iyer, Principal of Government Polytechnic for Girls, Ahmedabad, said, “The social media campaigns where female students of polytechnic colleges talked about their experiences and job prospects helped. These were widely shared on social media platforms and possibly helped in increasing awareness among them.”

The third round was held after 3,278 seats remained vacant in government diploma institutes after two rounds.

As many as 3,817 students applied in the third round out of which 1,168 students have been admitted. In the third round, 65 students shifted from private institutes to government institutes. After round three, 2,612 seats still remain vacant.

“As of now this is the final round. However, if the AICTE extends the date for commencement of the academic session which is August 15, the fourth round might be considered,” ACPDC authorities said.

Also, with the state government’s decision to allow students clearing their supplementary or improvement exams to be eligible for diploma admissions, 4,337 candidates registered for admission out of which 2,472 have been admitted.

Branches such as mechanical and civil engineering along with instrumentation and control registered a good admission rate. In mechanical engineering, the admission rate increased from 88.27 to 96.38 per cent. Similarly, in civil it increased from 74.44 per cent to 87.97 per cent.

On the other hand, the admission rate in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) declined from 72.4 per cent last year to 56.78 per cent – out of 826 seats, only 469 were filled after the third round.

Likewise, the admission rate in textile designing declined to 34.67 per cent from 73.33 per cent last year – out of 75 seats, only 26 were filled.

Similarly, the admission rate in ceramic technology too dropped, from 47.37 per cent to 28.95 per cent.

“The trend of students preferring computer and IT over mechanical and civil in the last four years has reversed. In the case of ceramic and textile, the drop in admission cannot be linked to the slump in these industries. I think not many students are aware of these courses,” Iyer told this paper.

2025 admission data on govt seats

• Boys-16,075 (82.01 pc)
• Girls -3,526 (17.99 pc)
• Total-19,601
• Total seats: 22,213
• Admission rate: 88.24 pc

2024 admission data on govt seats

• Boys-17,508 (93.71 pc)
• Girls -1,176 (6.29 pc)
• Total-18, 684
• Total seats-22, 213
• Admission rate-84.11 pc