Two years on, online admission system still not in place

M N Patel, Dean, Faculty of Engineering, Gujarat University, said, 8220;This system will help rural students and allow them to pay fees online without wasting time. Two years have passed but the wait is still not over and nothing has been done so far.8221;

Patel, who is also the principal of L D College of Engineering, Ahmedabad, added: 8220;Once the system is in place, it will stop the students from commuting from one place to another to complete their admission-related formalities. I have no idea why the education department is delaying the implementation process.8221;nbsp;

On condition of anonymity, a state Education department official told Newsline, 8220;Now, all engineering colleges, which were earlier under other state universities, have come under Gujarat Technological University GTU, Ahmedabad. GTU had also announced a similar online admission system but no work has been carried out so far.8221;

A senior GTU official, added: 8220;We are facing some technical difficulties in the web portal because of which the online admission and fees submission system have not been started yet. We are hopeful to start the system from the next academic year.8221;