Uniform admission fee for tech colleges in Odisha

There will be uniform admission fee for both private and government engineering colleges in the state this year. This was decided at a meeting chaired by director, technical education and training, Chandra Sekhar Kumar.

After the meeting, Odisha Joint Entrance Examination (OJEE) secretary Priyabrata Sahoo said admission fee would be Rs 16,000 for all colleges. Last year, the fee was Rs 16,000 for government engineering colleges and Rs 30,000 for private colleges.

It was decided in the meeting that counselling for OJEE would be held after publication of All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE) results, Sahoo said. Since many students may select colleges on the basis of their AIEEE ranks, the OJEE committee would wait the publication of AIEEE results, he added.

It was also decided that counselling will be done at 20 centres and students would be allowed to fill as many choices of college and stream combination as they want while registering online. Students would be required to come to the counseling centre only once.