High court orders second JEE in Odisha to fill vacant B Tech seats

The Orissa High Court has ordered a second Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) to fill vacant B Tech and MCA seats. A large number of seats are lying vacant in both private and government engineering colleges. The Odisha Private Engineering College Association (OPECA) had filed a petition to request for another JEE.

The state government has to complete the entire process by August 14, according to the order. Nearly 94% seats are vacant even after the first phase of admissions. Out of nearly 43,000 seats, only 8,151 have been allotted in engineering colleges. There are eight government and 88 private colleges in Odisha.

According to OPECA, a fake placement issue that rocked the state earlier has affected the admissions.