The boom and doom of engineering colleges in Tamilnadu
Here is a published article on how the sudden surge in engineering colleges lead to their closures. http://newindianexpress.com/states/tamil_nadu/Studentless-Engineering-colleges-eye-shift-to-Arts-and-Science/2013/10/03/article1815952.ece1 1. Few colleges benefitted with sure inflow of other state students year by year, who doesnt mind of money but to get the graduation as an aim. These led to many situations. A sudden increase in real estate business and the apartments where quickly booked and were rented for the other state students. Those who didnt fair well on the studies took on the job of brokers to get the student admitted in colleges which led to many disputes, worse ending some in murders. 2. It created employment for lecturers but the quality of lecturers were not sure, since many of them havent passed the NET exams, which in turn produced less quality in teaching. 3. Bank loans were made available to the students those are aspiring for engineering degrees easily as e...