The admission process of post-SSC Diploma Engineering courses in Maharashtra will begin on Thursday. To make the admission process hassle-free, Higher and Technical Education Minister Chandrakant Patil launched the Admission Web Portal. Principal Secretary Vikas Chandra Rastogi, Director of Technical Education Dr Vinod Mohitkar were present on the occasion. The web portal https://dte.maharashtra.gov.in has been developed by the Technical Education Department. The total number of enrolled students for degree courses was 41 per cent in the academic year 2018-19; 50 per cent in 2019-20; 60 per cent in 2020-21, and 70 per cent in 2021-22. While the number of students admitted in 2022-23 increased to 85 per cent.

The average percentage of all admitted students in government technical colleges was 97 per cent. A total of 375 institutes for the academic year 2023-24 have an admission capacity of nearly 1 lakh. The concept of e-scrutiny will be implemented by the Directorate of Technical Education in addition to the physical scrutiny process of the documents.

There are 328 Facilitation Centers set up in the State by the Directorate of Technical Education for the convenience of students for first year post 10th year and direct second year engineering degree admissions. The centres are expected to help students in filling up the admission application form, counsel them, support them at various stages of the admission process and the list will be given on the computerised system of admission. A Nodal Officer has been appointed in each district to deal with the problems arising at the facility centres. Their mobile numbers have been made available on the website. If the facility centers / institutes need any information regarding the admission process or face any problem, it will be resolved by the nodal officer.