KOCHI: Even though Plus One admissions via single-window system starts on Thursday, the delay in issuing SSLC certificates to students who passed Class X makes the admission process complex, said teachers. They said that SSLC certificate is the authentic document that states all necessary details regarding the student, including age, marks, caste, religion, domicile, reservation eligibility, DOB, civic body, taluk, district, etc, which need to be verified during admission.
Students who submitted applications using copies of the SSLC mark list downloaded from the results portal, are supposed to submit the original SSLC certificate at the time of admission to respective schools. Even though the certificates of Plus Two exams, of which results were announced much later than SSLC, were issued to the students, the government is yet to issue the SSLC certificates.
Anil M George, state general secretary of Departmental Higher Secondary School Teachers Association (HSSTA), said that the admission process will have to be conducted based on the copies of marklists downloaded from the results web portal but these copies would neither be authentic nor tamperproof. HSSTA asked the government to issue the certificates at the earliest.
“Though SSLC results were announced on July 14, the government failed to issue the final certificates which are the basis for Plus One admissions. The government has not made it mandatory to submit SSLC certificates for the admission due to their failure in issuing certificates on time,” George said.
Meanwhile, the authorities said that the digital copies of SSLC certificates are available at the government’s digital storage app ‘Digilocker’ and those who need can use them. “SSLC certificates will be issued soon and all schools have been directed to proceed with the admissions using the marklist copies. Students will not face any difficulty,” said a senior education department official.
Teachers said that as the admissions and Plus One board exams happen simultaneously, it might affect the admission process. Though the government decided to not conduct admission on days when exams will be held, teachers’ workload will increase as there are no clerks in higher secondary. Moreover, the classrooms have to be rearranged multiple times to conduct exams and then for admissions.
