Science displaces engineering at No. 2 spot in undergraduate stream

Science displaces engineering at No. 2 spot in undergraduate stream

With engineering losing its sheen, science courses have re-emerged as the country’s second most popular undergraduate stream. Arts has always had the biggest draw and that trend persists.

While 97.3 lakh students joined BA in 2016-17, 47.3 lakh chose BSc courses and 41.6 lakh took up engineering, HRD ministry data shows.