The Telangana government’s decision to conduct separate Eamcet exams is proved to be a curse for the engineering colleges in the state. The state Eamcet convener N V Ramana Rao told the media that only 30, 000 students from the AP state have applied for the Eamcet exams to be conducted by the Telangana government.

Out of them 20, 000 have applied for medical courses where as there are only total 2,950 medical seats in the 15 private medical colleges and five government colleges in the state. Only 10, 000 students from the AP state have applied for the engineering courses when there are thousands of seats need to be filled in the dozens of engineering colleges spread all over the state.

Perhaps, the poor turnout is due to the stalemate continued over conducting common entrance exams, nativity and fees reimbursement issues raked by the Telangana government. According to reports, hundreds of Andhra students settled in the twin cities and also from the AP state have joined the engineering colleges in the neighboring Karnataka state due to these problems and the indecision by the both governments.

Telangana government is to be blamed for this as it insists to conduct separate Eamcet exams, which created confuse in the students and their parents. If it would have planned from the next academic year after making complete arrangements, students of both states, including the Andhra students settled in the twin cities may cling to their respective places.