Over 3,000 students from Jammu and Kashmir have secured admission in various professional and other colleges outside the state under the Prime Minister's Special Scholarship Scheme (PMSSS), the highest ever from the state.<br/><br/>This was told to state Education Minister Naeem Akhtar during his visit to Amar Singh College in Srinagar where the first round of counselling under PMSSS concluded today. <br/><br/>He said out of 2,401 engineering seats, 2,372 were filled, while out of 1,089 seats in general courses, 842 were filled till end of the day. <br/><br/>Besides, 159 seats filled in medical courses will also be covered under PMSSS, taking the total number of seats to be filled to 3,373. <br/><br/>This is the highest number of students from the state to have made it to various colleges under PMSSS. Last year, only 900 had secured admission under PMSSS outside the state.<br/><br/>