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| 05th
Aug 2010 / Times of India / Hyderabad Edition |
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Nearly 70% students fail 1st year BE exams
Hyderabad: Of the 90,000 students who enrolled into JNTUaffiliated
engineering colleges last year,62,000 failed in their
first year engineering exam,the results of which were
declared on Wednesday.The exams were held in May.So much
for this craze to become engineers, said an analyst.
Officials from JNTU said that over 40 colleges in Hyderabad
and Ranga Reddy districts have got a pass percentage less
than 10.Also over 25 per cent of the students who failed
the examinations scored less than 10 percent in aggregate.
D N Reddy,JNTU vice chancellor,however,said that the pass
percentage of first year students is poor this year as
proper instruction had not happened in classrooms in the
academic year 2009-10.The number of working days were
far less than 180 due to several reasons including political
ones, he said.
According to JNTU rules,the failed candidates will have
to write supplementary and clear the test before appearing
for second year examinations.When asked about the reasons
for low pass percentage,JNTU officials said that the downward
slide in the pass percentage is due to an increase in
the number of students taking admission in engineering
colleges.Even students who get poor ranks in Eamcet take
admission in engineering colleges as there is no dearth
of seats.And the number of engineering colleges have increased
multifold by the year leading to a decline in the quality
of education.Both factors have contributed to poor percentage
in final year results, said Dr K Ramamohan Reddy,controller
of examinations,JNTU-Hyderabad.
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