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Third-round UG admissions list released, self-financing seats remain largely vacant in Odisha

BHUBANESWAR: The department of Higher Education on Tuesday released the merit list for the third round of UG admissions and 44,060 students have been chosen for enrolment into various degree colleges. While the total sanctioned students’ strength in 1,056 degree colleges in the state is 2.74 lakh, 92,351 students took admission in the first phase and only 28,633 in second phase. If the admission trends are any indication, higher educational institutions offering courses in self-financing mode are witnessing a large number of vacant seats. There are 4,848 seats for subjects offered in self-financing mode in state’s degree colleges of which 3,385 seats are vacant. Current scenario Of 4,848 seats for subjects in self-financing mode, 3,385 vacant No takers for self-financing courses in Kandhamal Situation similar in Khurda, Ganjam, Sundargarh and Cuttack Ganjam has highest 860 seats of which only 135 students have taken admission Only 210 of total 764 self-financing seats filled up in Khurda

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