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      | Patna, (Bihar Times): The   All India Council of
    Technical Education has approved the opening of   four
    engineering colleges in Bihar in the next   academic
    session.
 Three of them will be run by the government while   the
    fourth one will be a private institution. Fifty per
    cent seat in this   private engineering college will be
    filled by candidates clearing Combined   Entrance
    Competition while the rest 50 per cent will be under
    the control   of college management.
 
 |  |      To ensure admission of students in these colleges   the
    department of science and technology has contacted the
    Council of   Bihar Combined Entrance Competition
    Examination.   The state government   has also decided to turn the
    three closed private engineering colleges at   Gaya,
    Darbhanga and Motihari, into public institutions. In
    all 720   students will be selected for these three
    colleges––60 for each of the four   faculties. They are
    electrical and electronics, computer   science,
    mechanical and telecommunications.
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