Over 1.3 lakh candidates register for engineering diploma admissions

Among the total registration for admissions this year, there are 65,476 candidates who have scored above 75 percent in Class 10. Whereas a total of 1,14,478 applicants are those who have scored above 60 percent in Class 10.

While there is a combination of factors leading to this continuously increasing demand for engineering diploma, according to experts, the biggest attraction is industry demand ensuring jobs, after completing this professional course, apart from MSBTE’s timely intervention to start new-age courses such Diploma in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Mechatronics, Robotics among others.

Shridhar Vaidya, secretary of Teachers Association for Non-Aided Polytechnic (TAFNAP), said, “MSBTE is reviewing engineering diploma curriculum every three years to ensure that the education aligns with the industry demands. Accordingly, we are seeing more demand for new-age courses as opposed to historic crowd-pullers such as civil engineering and mechanical engineering. Students coming to pursue diploma are aware that they are more in demand in the industry as unlike engineering degree holders, they are not at the managerial levels, making it easier to bag jobs, especially with training in new-age technologies.”

Additional benefit for students to pursue engineering diploma is convenient admission process and more affordable option of professional education.

Principal of one of the polytechnic institutes said, “Compared to engineering degrees, diploma is affordable. Students do not have to go through any entrance procedure as admission is easily possible based on Class 10 marks. While there are jobs available for diploma holders, they also have the option to further pursue engineering with direct second year admission.”