NASHIK: The availability of seats for admissions to first year junior colleges (FYJC) has increased as the 60 colleges in the city have surrendered as many as 2,209 reserved seats to the Nashik division of state education department.
The number of seats that are now available stands at 12,902, including the ones surrendered by the colleges. According to the details provided , when the admission process started, 4,744 seats were allotted to the colleges to be filled under different quotas like in-house, management and minority. “These quota seats are supposed to be filled up by the individual colleges, as per their own discretion, by September 16. However, even after that deadline, the colleges were unable to fill 2,209 quota seats. They have surrendered the same to the department,” said the officials.
The department will now allot these seats in the ongoing centralised admission process (CAP). So far, the department has declared three merit lists and over 12,400 students have already taken admissions. Nitin Upasani, deputy director of Nashik division of the state education department, had recently said that the department will ensure that all applicants get seats in one of the 60 colleges.
