<p>The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has taken a decision to do away with the concept of evening engineering colleges.</p>.<p>It has given oral instructions to institutions that run evening engineering classes in this regard. Some of the colleges which reported no admission this academic year have already been converted<br />into day colleges. </p>.<p>Sources in AICTE told <span class="italic">DH</span> that the decision was taken during the 2019-20 academic year.</p>.<p>“While the decision was taken during the last academic year, it will be implemented for the 2021-22 admissions. This will be communicated to the state higher education departments concerned for further action,” said an official from AICTE. </p>.<p>The decision to discontinue evening engineering colleges has come as a huge disappointment to the working professionals who would seek admission to these colleges to pursue higher education.</p>.<p>“The admissions were made through a Common Entrance Test ranking and candidates opting for evening colleges were largely working professionals,” said the principal of an evening engineering college.</p>.<p>These colleges were nicknamed ‘second shift college’ as they used to function with the same infrastructure, faculty and other resources of regular engineering colleges. </p>.<p>Prof H N Ramesh, principal, University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (UVCE), Bengaluru, said, “As per the oral communication by AICTE, there may not be any evening engineering colleges from the next academic year.”</p>.<p>UVCE was one of the most sought after evening engineering colleges in Karnataka with an intake of 180 students per year.</p>.<p>Data from KEA shows a falling demand for engineering colleges across the state. </p>.<p>While the evening engineering colleges functioned like any other engineering college, the duration of the course was just three years, while it is four years in regular colleges. </p>
<p>The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has taken a decision to do away with the concept of evening engineering colleges.</p>.<p>It has given oral instructions to institutions that run evening engineering classes in this regard. Some of the colleges which reported no admission this academic year have already been converted<br />into day colleges. </p>.<p>Sources in AICTE told <span class="italic">DH</span> that the decision was taken during the 2019-20 academic year.</p>.<p>“While the decision was taken during the last academic year, it will be implemented for the 2021-22 admissions. This will be communicated to the state higher education departments concerned for further action,” said an official from AICTE. </p>.<p>The decision to discontinue evening engineering colleges has come as a huge disappointment to the working professionals who would seek admission to these colleges to pursue higher education.</p>.<p>“The admissions were made through a Common Entrance Test ranking and candidates opting for evening colleges were largely working professionals,” said the principal of an evening engineering college.</p>.<p>These colleges were nicknamed ‘second shift college’ as they used to function with the same infrastructure, faculty and other resources of regular engineering colleges. </p>.<p>Prof H N Ramesh, principal, University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (UVCE), Bengaluru, said, “As per the oral communication by AICTE, there may not be any evening engineering colleges from the next academic year.”</p>.<p>UVCE was one of the most sought after evening engineering colleges in Karnataka with an intake of 180 students per year.</p>.<p>Data from KEA shows a falling demand for engineering colleges across the state. </p>.<p>While the evening engineering colleges functioned like any other engineering college, the duration of the course was just three years, while it is four years in regular colleges. </p>
