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PRIVATE technical institutes in Haryana are struggling to sustain themselves and since 2009, 28 such engineering colleges and 9 polytechnic institutes have closed down, Technical Education Minister Ram Bilas Sharma told the state Vidhan Sabha on Tuesday. He was replying to a question from the opposition Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) MLA from Ratia, Prof Ravinder Singh Baliala, during Question Hour in the House.
Sharma cited poor admission rates, student dropout and financial crisis by the trusts or societies running these institutes as reasons for them shutting down operations. The House was also informed that as on date, there are 9 government engineering institutes and 25 government polytechnic institutes in the state. Even the government institutes have failed to fill all their seats since 2009, Sharma said.
He added that the Haryana government had increased the total number seats for BE and BTech from 2,050 in 2009-10 academic year to 2,830 in 2015-16 but the total number of vacant seats in these 9 government engineering institutes have also increased from 36 in 2009-10 to 830 in 2015-16.
On the other hand, government polytechnic institutes in Haryana have increased from 22 in 2009-10 to 25 in 2015-16 but the total number of seats in these institutes for Diploma in Engineering courses have reduced from 13,900 to 9,900 over these years. During the 2015-16 academic year, as many as 2,060 seats of all streams were left vacant in the 25 government polytechnic institutes.
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