Mega placement camps: With 15% students selected for job, Gujarat govt claims ‘achievement’

Ahmedabad | Friday | 22nd February, 2019

Summary:

The placement camps began from January 28 and continued till February 19 with 24 mega camps being organised in different districts. OF THE 35,000-odd students who took part in the state government’s mega placement drive, only 15 per cent of them were finally selected. Later, after the Education Department issued notices to the colleges for not participating in the placement camps, the number increased to 74,000. Despite this, the Education Department is claiming that the placement drive was a success. The students of these colleges were selected between September 1, 2018 and January 28 2019, the day when the mega placement camp began..