Online admission begins for PG courses in govt arts colleges

Coimbatore: Students seeking admission to postgraduate programmes in government colleges can now submit online applications.
While the final semester results for undergraduate programmes were declared a few weeks ago, a section of students waiting for the state government to open online admission portal of government arts colleges started applying from Monday. Students wishing to join arts colleges across the state can apply through www.tngasapg.com or www.tngasapg.in. The portals will remain open till September 1.
The Government Arts College, Coimbatore, offers 21 postgraduate programmes and has 552 seats. There is good demand for MCom and Computer Science, a senior faculty member said. “Demand for pure science subjects like Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics has always remained high. There are only a few colleges that offer PG programmes in Psychology and Political Science, that attract a large number of applications.”
Though the state government insists that arts and science colleges start admission together, usually aided and self-financing colleges fill their seats much ahead of the process begins in government colleges. Most of the self-financing and aided colleges in the city almost completed the admission process soon after the results were declared for final year undergraduate courses three weeks ago.
Asked if such a scenario would affect the admission process in government arts colleges, principal of the Government Arts College K Chitra said they received close to 20,000 applications for 1,500 undergraduate seats and are expecting 10 times the number of available seats in the postgraduate programmes.
“A section of students wait for admissions in government colleges. The low fee structure and qualified teachers make our college much sought-after, especially for PG programmes,” she added.