Jaipur, June 6 As many as 12 new engineering colleges will be opened in Rajasthan in the new academic session and will account for an increase of 3,000 engineering seats.
"One government engineering college each would be opened in places like Bikaner, Bharatpur, Ajmer and Jhalawar while one private college each would be opened in Jodhpur, Ganganagar, Pilani, Kota and Alwar," Vasudev Devnani, the minister for education, told IANS.
Jaipur will see three new engineering colleges in this session.
Sources in the technical education department said the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has given an in-principal approval for opening these colleges.
Currently there are around 50 engineering colleges in the state of which around five are in the government sector while about 45 are in the private sector accounting for 16,000 engineering seats in the state.
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