DTE MP Implements 10% Reservation for EWS in Admission Process for Various Courses

Updated On: August 10, 2022 11:56 AM

As per the DTE MP Revised Seat Matrix, a 10% reservation to the EWS category has been implemented. This new DTE MP Seat Matrix is applicable from AY 2022-23 onwards for admission into various courses.

DTE MP Revised Seat Matrix: The Directorate of Technical Education, Madhya Pradesh (DTE MP) released a notice dated 28/07/2022 to add a 10% reservation for the Economically Weaker Sections or EWS Category for admissions into various technical courses. This reservation will be applicable from the academic year 2022-23 onwards and is awarded as per AICTE Approval Process Handbook 2022-23.

Based on the new reservation seat matrix, 50% of seats will still be available for the Unreserved/General category students while the rest of the seats are divided between the reserved categories. For this, a coefficient of 1.25 has been introduced, thus the seats allotted for the EWS category will be (10*1.25%*total number of seats available at the institute). A detailed example for further elaboration has been presented below.

“According to the order number F-07-11/2019/AP/1/ Bhopal, dated July 02, 2019, 10 percent reservation facility has been provided to the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) in the academic session 2019-20,” the official notice by DTE MP reads. “Instructions have been given by the All India Council of Technical Education, New Delhi in point number 7.4.4 of Chapter 7 of the Approval Process Handbook for the academic session 2022-23, regarding the matrix of seats, on the basis of which the AICTE approved admission capacity for 60 to be calculated as follows.”

The notice continues, “To keep the number of seats available for the unreserved category as 50%, the matrix is to be prepared using the coefficient of 1.25 as follows.”

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DTE MP Revised Seat Matrix (Example)

The following example of the revised seat matrix applicable from AY 2022-23 onwards has been presented in the notice, assuming that the admission capacity of an institute is 60 students. It is to be noted that the final seat numbers are subject to change based on the institute and seat availability. However, the percentage of seats reserved will remain the same.