Telangana Government to Implement EWS Quota for B.Tech Admissions 2020
EWS Quota is being implemented for B.Tech admissions in Telangana from the academic session 2020-21.
The Government of Telangana and the State Council for Higher Education (Telangana) is going to implement 10% EWS quota for B.Tech admissions 2020. With the implementation of EWS quota, the number of seats in B.Tech course in Government and Private Engineering Colleges in Telangana will be increased. However, the officials are already concerned about the number of vacant seats in the colleges across Telangana over the years. With the new reservation policy, more seats are expected to vacant for the upcoming academic session.
According to the officials of TSCHE, only top private engineering colleges across Telangana are expected to witness 100% seat enrollment under EWS quota. However, for the other engineering colleges that are located in rural or remote areas may not have many benefits due to the fewer takers. However, the government had no option except to implement the EWS quota due to direction from the Central Government.
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With the 10% EWS quota, the counselling process for B.Tech admissions in Telangana will have more seats, and the candidates who fall under EWS category can register for the entrance exam and counselling under the same category. The reserved category candidates will not have any disadvantage, as EWS category will lead to an increase in seats.
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Apart from B.Tech course, EWS quota shall be implemented for all the entrance exams conducted by Telangana State Council for Higher Education, and the same is applicable to all the courses that fall under these entrance exams.
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