Kerala: Engineering fees in management quota to remain unchanged

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Private engineering college managements have signed seat sharing and fee structure agreement with the state government. Private colleges that fall under different management categories have agreed to continue with the existing fee structure.
As per the agreement signed on Tuesday, colleges under catholic engineering college management association would continue to collect an annual fee up to Rs.75,000 plus Rs one lakh as refundable deposit and 50% seats in these colleges would be filled by the state government, on the basis of merit and the rest of the seats by the management. The fee for all seats would be the same. According to the agreement, the final allotment of seats to these institutions will have to be completed by the commissioner of entrance examination, latest by October 31. The agreement is for a period of three years.
Students would need to take admissions by November 4. The total number of seats under catholic management associations is 6,810. There are 14 colleges under the catholic management association. The other self-financing engineering college managements’ association too has entered seat sharing and fee structure pact. The fee structure for management seats in other self-financing engineering colleges range from Rs 35,000 to Rs 65,000. The annual fee for merit seats in government and aided engineering colleges is Rs.8,650.
However, many of the self-financing engineering charge lower fees from students with impressive academic background as part of their efforts to improve the pass percentage.