Should we reduce engineering seats ?

Pass percentage of self-financing engineering colleges in Kerala is reducing every year. Many social activists claim that this is because more institutions are starting engineering colleges every year. They demand Govt. to reduce seats in self-financing engineering colleges. Should we reduce engineering seats?

Many engineering and medical colleges in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu were started to attract students from Kerala. They give admission to students from their state in merit seats and students from Kerala in management seats with high fees. Kerala Govt. lost huge revenue for decades due to protest against self-financing engineering and medical colleges.

If we reduce seats, students from rich families will go to other states for higher education. According to me low percentage of pass is a small problem. But if Govt. decide to increase pass percentage by giving marks liberally then that will be a big problem. Standard of education should increase nationwide and not state-wide.

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