HYDERABAD: Of the 90,000 students who enrolled in to JNTU-affiliated engineering colleges last year, 62,000 failed in their first year engineering examination, 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 scholars 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,” they said.
According to JNTU rules, the failed candidates will must write supplementary and clear the check 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 schooling. 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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