KOZHIKODE: It was a proud moment for the family of Nashwa Salam, who hails from Ponmala in Malappuram, when she passed SSLC exam with full A-plus grade. Now, when the Plus One admission started in state on Thursday, Nashwa was dejected as she didn’t find a place in the first allotment list in any of the 26 schools she had applied for admission in bio-science stream
“I put in my maximum effort for the exam and it paid off as I got A-plus in all subjects. But now, I don’t know what to do as I am not in the list of the 26 schools across the district I had applied,” said Nashwa who was a student of PKMMHSS, Edarikode in Malappuram.
Eager to pursue her studies, Nashwa had even started going for private tuition during the past three months for Plus one bio science course. But now, she is concerned that all her efforts would go in vain if she has to settle for other subjects. Nashwa is not alone in facing the predicament of not being able to get the subject or school of their choice despite scoring a full A-plus.
Malabar region and particularly Malappuram and Kozhikode are facing acute shortage of Plus One seats with Kerala witnessing a record win in SSLC this year, including tripling of the number of full A-plus candidates.
For instance, Malappuram has a total of 77,837 applicants for the 41,470 seats available. In Kozhikode too there is a wide gap between the number of applicants (48,606) and the total seats available (27,927).
“As many as 2,070 students in our school passed SSLC and 633 of them scored full A-plus. But, we have only 360 seats for Plus One. Even many of those who scored full A-plus will not be able to get admission as students from across the district have applied for the limited seats,” said Pramod Vazhangara, a teacher at PKMMHSS Edarikode.
