SFECs to keep 5% seats free in each branch

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The self-financing engineering colleges will earmark five percent seats in each branch for educating meritorious students free of cost.
This was one of the major provisions in the agreement signed by Kerala Self-Financing Engineering College Managements Association secretary T A Vijayan and Higher Education Principal Secretary Tom Jose here on Thursday in the presence of Chief Minister Oommen Chandy. The free seats are being provided under the fee waiver scheme of the AICTE. The total number of free seats per branch would be three. Of the three seats, one will be for a meritorious girl student, one for a student from economically backward family and one for physically challenged student.