PUNE: Even before the common entrance test (CET) for first-year junior college (FYJC) is conducted, many colleges in the city have reportedly started admitting students to Class XI.
Following complaints from activists and parents, secondary and higher secondary director Dinkar Temkar issued a notice to all the colleges in the city, warning that strict action would be taken against those illegally giving admissions to students.
After the SSC board examinations were cancelled, it was decided that evaluation would be done based on Class X internal marks and Class IX final examination results. The state education department decided to conduct FYJC admissions based on the CET, scheduled to be held offline on August 21.
Education activist Kuldeep Ambekar of Students Helping Hand said, “The day SSC results were announced, several colleges in the city started to send admission-related messages to students. This is wrong.”
Chairman of the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Dinkar Patil said students must refrain from taking FYJC admission before the CET. “No junior college in the state has permission to conduct admissions. Admissions will begin only after CET is held and based on the merit list through a centralised process. No student should fall for any claims made by colleges,” Patil said.
Vani Mhetre, a student who scored 92.23 % in the SSC results announced last week, said, “On the one hand, we are trying to fill up the form for CET and on the other, we were getting messages from some institutions to confirm admissions. We were confused and thought they had permission to admit students.”
Due to technical glitches, the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education has deactivated the form-filling link for CET. The link would be revived once the problems are resolved.
