TN Polytechnic Admission 2020 Rate Drops to One-Fourth; Details Here

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The online drive for Tamil Nadu Polytechnic Admission 2020 experienced a critical fall in the number of applications as well as joining due to several malfunctioning factors.

Only one-fourth of the seats have been fulfilled in the government polytechnic colleges. The self-financing and government undertaken institutes also faced the same scenario.

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the admission for the year 2020 was set to be done online for the total 430 polytechnic colleges across the state of Tamil Nadu. Out of these 430, about 47 polytechnic colleges are run by the state government, while the rest of them are self-financing or government-aided.

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Tamil Nadu Polytechnic Admission 2020 application procedure was open for students from a very brief period of time, from September 27 to October 5, 2020, via online mode.

As an example, only 100 seats have been filled out in a college with a total student capacity of more than 400 in this current admission procedure.

While the Tamil Nadu Engineering Admission for the year 2020 was held successfully, the multifactorial mismanagement of the Director of Technical Education, TN to be at fault in case of this failed polytechnic admission drive, teachers stated.

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Mismanaged authority added to the challenges of Polytechnic admission

The centralized counselling procedure was very poorly structured without ample facilitation and time. The whole application and counselling procedure was also monitored very poorly.

The college authorities complained that counselling started after a potential delay that caused the students to opt for other career options. Without adequate time and scope, the polytechnic colleges were underprepared for the online admission drive.

The time span for Tamil Nadu Polytechnic Admission 2020 was very short. Hence, the number of total admissions was severely cut short.

Students face challenges while applying for admission

Instructions were not clearly mentioned as well as the students were not properly trained regarding the exact methods of handling the online drive. Hence, Miscommunications regarding the application caused several students to miss out on the admission drive.

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Many students failed to upload all the documents due to a lack of guidance, therefore, lost their chance to be selected. Being very young and novice, they could not handle the online technicalities.

Most importantly, there was no scope for reappearing for the same after any mistake. Additionally, guardians also played a vital role in this Tamil Nadu Polytechnic Admission 2020 process.

As many guardians chose to send their children to govt higher secondary schools instead of polytechnic due to potential financial issues as well as lack of current job opportunities.

Viewing the strikingly poor admission scenario, the officials are considering opening the counselling session and calling for a second round of admission drive.

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