TS-EAMCET 2017: Agriculture Stream Receives Fewer Applications

This year, the Agriculture stream in TS-EAMCET 2017 received fewer applications compared to the previous. The State Council for Higher Education, Telangana fills vacant seats in B.Sc (Agriculture), Horticulture and Veterinary courses through TS-EAMCET (Agriculture) 2017. Earlier, MBBS, BDS, and AYUSH seats were also filled through TS-EAMCET (Medical) stream. This year, the seats in these medical courses will be filled based on NEET rank.

TS-EAMCET 2017 examination is conducted for the admission to Biotechnology, Pharmacy, Engineering, Agriculture, Horticulture and Veterinary courses in various colleges across the state. The last date for the submission of applications to TS-EAMCET is April 15, 2017.

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As per the report that was given by State Council for Higher Education, Telangana, around 65,000 applications were received for Agriculture and Medical (Biotechnology and Pharmacy) stream. Last year, around 1,02,000 applications were received for Agriculture and Medical streams. One of the higher officials revealed that exclusion of MBBS, BDS and AYUSH courses from TS-EAMCET 2017 might be the primary reason for fewer applications.

He further revealed that most of the students who complete Bi.Pc course in Intermediate do not show much interest in joining in Biotechnology course. Every year, more than half of the seats are remaining vacant in this course. There is a moderate response for Pharmacy courses.

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Most of the students who completed Bi.Pc do not choose Agriculture, Horticulture and Veterinary courses, as there are fewer seats in these courses. There are only government colleges for Agriculture, Veterinary, and Horticulture courses.

On the other hand, there is more demand for MBBS and BDS courses among the students who completed Bi.Pc in Intermediate.