In Telangana there are about 50 colleges from 800 engineering colleges will see closure in the next academic year. All India Council for Technical Education listed the colleges that are around Khammam, Kodad, Warangal, Yacharam Mandal, Narsampet and Nizamabad that will see closure.

Fresh admissions for the academic year 2018 are barred for some institutions as they decided the admission numbers from past five years. There are about 64 colleges failed to admit students for their first year were shut. Few other colleges have received the letters for more clarifications.

“This is one of the many steps planned towards improving the quality of engineering education. Some institutions failed to improve admissions and hence we had to take a tough call,” said AICTE authorities.

AICTE is doing this as the particular colleges are lacking proper infrastructure and marking 30% admission for five consecutive years which should be stopped during next academic year. Those colleges that will be closed can merge up with the nearby colleges.

“We have also given them an option of getting merged with nearby colleges. The decision to close down colleges was taken after studying details of intake at all colleges across the country in the last five years,” said AICTE chairman Dr. Anil Sahasrabudhe.

“It is primarily the colleges in rural areas, districts and in the outskirts of Hyderabad and Ranga Reddy that will be closed by the AICTE as they have failed to attract enough students over the past few years,” said N Yadaiah, Registrar, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University.