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Time of India
6 days ago
- General
- Time of India
90,487 FYJC students confirm admission
Pune: A total of 90,487 students have confirmed their admissions of 1,13,048 applications for FYJC admissions under three quotas (minority, in-house and management), data with the office of the state director of secondary and higher secondary education showed on Saturday. For the first time, Maharashtra is conducting Std XI admissions through a centralized online system. Over 9,400 junior colleges have registered, offering 21.23 lakh seats. Of these, 22.55 lakh seats are under various quotas. This year, 12.71 lakh students have registered for the admissions. Quota admissions are held before round one of the centralised admission process. This year, students were given time from June 12 to 14 to confirm their admissions under the different quotas. The in-house quota received 52,468 applications, of which 26,521 students confirmed their admissions, while the management quota received 23,589 applications, of which 7,756 students confirmed admissions. The minority quota received 36,991 applications, of which 26,210 students confirmed their admissions across the state. The names of students who secured their admission under a quota will be excluded from the subsequent admission rounds. Follow more information on Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad here . Get real-time live updates on rescue operations and check full list of passengers onboard AI 171 .
Indian Express
6 days ago
- Politics
- Indian Express
Even with delay, 11th admission process on same timeline as last year: Dada Bhuse
Maharashtra School Education and Sports Minister Dada Bhuse on Saturday said that even with the delay in the Class 11 First Year Junior College (FYJC) admissions due to technical reasons this year, the admission process was being conducted on a similar timeline as last year. The junior college admission process this time around is being conducted through a Central Application Process (CAP) in an online mode throughout the state for the first time. This process has seen multiple delays. Originally, the first round CAP allotment of junior colleges was to be announced on June 10. However, it has now been pushed to June 26. Responding to a question by the Indian Express about the inconvenience caused to students due to this delay after an event at Ganesh Kala Krida in Pune, Bhuse said, 'The delay has happened due to some technical reasons. But if you compare with the previous year, then the admission process is happening at the same time.' This raises a question about the effectiveness of implementing an online admissions system across the state. With the state board results being declared early to facilitate early admissions, technical faults with the application website has led to the progress being reset to a timeline similar to previous years. Applicants have been left hanging due to the delay. According to data shared in a notice by the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education, a total of 60,487 students have been admitted from June 12-14 under the various quotas available for Class 11 admissions out of 1,13,078 applicants. These are the final admission numbers under the quota admissions, which takes place before the normal merit list admissions. Of the total, 26521 students have been admitted under the in-house quota, 7,756 students have been admitted under the management quota, 26,210 students have been admitted under the minority quota. Soham is a Correspondent with the Indian Express in Pune. A journalism graduate, he was a fact-checker before joining the Express. Soham currently covers education and is also interested in civic issues, health, human rights, and politics. ... Read More
Hindustan Times
13-06-2025
- General
- Hindustan Times
FYJC quota admissions: Over 9,000 seats confirmed across Maharashtra
PUNE The centralised online admission process for First-Year Junior College (FYJC) has begun across Maharashtra, with over 9,000 students confirming their admissions under various quotas in the initial phase. The general merit list, based on data provided by students in their application forms, was released on Wednesday by the higher education directorate. On Thursday, the education department received 52,468 applications under the in-house quota, of which 3,871 admissions were confirmed. Under the management quota, 36,991 applications were received, and 1,022 students finalized their admissions. The minority quota saw 23,589 applications, with 4,194 students confirming their seats. In total, 1,13,048 quota-based applications were received, and 9,087 admissions have been confirmed so far. A total of 9,435 junior colleges and higher secondary schools have registered for the first round of admissions, collectively offering 21,23,040 seats. Of these, 18,97,526 seats are available under the Centralized Admission Process (CAP), while 2,25,514 are reserved under various quotas, including minority, in-house, and management categories, stated the education directorate in its statement. As of now, 12,71,295 students have completed their registration for the centralized admission process. Quota admissions are being conducted in a separate time window — from 11 am on June 12 to 6 pm on June 14. During this period, students seeking admission under any quota must visit the respective colleges in person to confirm their seats. The education department has clarified that confirming admission under any quota is optional. However, once a student confirms admission through a quota, their name will be removed from further CAP rounds, and the seat will be considered final and non-transferable. Students have been advised to make their decision carefully before confirming a quota-based seat, said officials.
Hindustan Times
13-06-2025
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
HC stays gov resolution asking minority institutions to enforce quotas in FYJC admissions
MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Thursday stayed a resolution issued by the Maharashtra government on May 6, which said that minority educational institutes must have reservation for Scheduled Castes/Schedule Tribes (SC/ST) and Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in first year junior college (FYJC) admissions. Stating that social reservation should not be applicable to any seat in a minority educational institution, a division bench of justices M S Karnik and N R Borkar stayed the resolution and asked the state to update the FYJC admission portal. The court asked the state to respond in four weeks and scheduled the next hearing on August 6. The order follows petitions filed by Solapur's APD Jain Pathashala, a minority institution that runs the Walchand College of Arts and Science and the Hirachand Nemchand College of Commerce in Mumbai, and another petition by the Maharashtra Association of Minority Educational Institutions. Senior advocate Milind Sathe, represented the petitioners, and said that according to the Constitution of India, minority educational institutes, both aided or unaided, need not have reservations for socially and educationally backward classes. He added that a similar government resolution issued in 2019 was also withdrawn after it was challenged in the court. The court on Wednesday had asked government pleader Neha Bhide to check whether the government was willing to drop minority institutions from the scope of the resolution. Bhide on Thursday told the court that she had not received any instructions from the government to change the resolution. She added that the resolution did not violate the Indian Constitution and said, 'It is only if the seats remain unfilled and are surrendered that the social reservation comes into place.' The high court had, on Wednesday, questioned the resolution. The court had said that this could just be a mistake by the government for which a correction can be issued, and that an order from the court was not necessary when it came to making such corrections. The Maharashtra Association of Minority Educational Institutions (MAMEI) had raised objections about the FYJC admission process for the academic year 2025-26 and said that minority colleges until recently followed a fixed seat distribution of 50% for minority quota, 10% for in-house students, 5% for management quota, and 35% for the rest, including the sports quota and ex-servicemen quota. This year, the government changed the rules for admissions to minority institutions and imposed a reservation for SC/STs and OBCs on the 35% of seats which were in the open category. MAMEI said that the previous reservation structure was legally protected and upheld by the high court and the Supreme Court, and added that the latter had earlier dismissed a petition by the state which challenged the autonomy of minority institutions.
Time of India
13-06-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Allow FYJC aspirants to edit college choices: Principals after court stay
Mumbai: The school education department may have to allow students from socially and economically backward classes to change their preferences on the FYJC admission portal following Bombay high court's stay on the controversial clause in the May 6 govt resolution (GR) that introduced social reservations in the 50% non-minority seats in minority institutions, said principals of city colleges. This, they added, may delay the admission process further. While department officials said that necessary steps will be taken for the welfare of students, no decision was made on providing the editing option on the portal until Thursday night. Many students belonging to the socially and economically backward classes would have chosen minority institutions on the admission portal, said a principal. "There is a possibility that all their 10 choices are for minority institutions or even if they selected two or three, their order of preferences will be affected. Now, with the HC decision, these students will have to be given a fair chance to edit their options and to apply to the same colleges under the open category too, based on their merit. Or maybe to choose other colleges too. If they are not allowed to change now, there could be confusion after the allotment," added the principal. The allotment list for the first round is set to be released on June 26. Another principal pointed out that govt did not issue clear guidelines prior to the commencement of admissions. "The May 6 GR talks only about admissions to vacant minority seats. There was no application of mind behind bringing such a regulation. If govt was clear about its intention, institutions would have moved court before. Now, we just hope the change does not impact the admission schedule much," said the principal, pointing out that SSC results were out over a month ago. A govt official confirmed that no decision has been made yet. "We will study the HC order copy and then take appropriate action for the larger benefit of students. We will make necessary changes, if needed," said the official, adding that this is the first time that students have access to thousands of colleges across the state by just filling one form for Rs 100. Meanwhile, admissions to in-house, minority, and management quotas commenced Thursday. Of the over 1.1 lakh students who applied under these quotas, 9,087 have secured admissions. Mumbai: The school education department may have to allow students from socially and economically backward classes to change their preferences on the FYJC admission portal following Bombay high court's stay on the controversial clause in the May 6 govt resolution (GR) that introduced social reservations in the 50% non-minority seats in minority institutions, said principals of city colleges. This, they added, may delay the admission process further. While department officials said that necessary steps will be taken for the welfare of students, no decision was made on providing the editing option on the portal until Thursday night. Many students belonging to the socially and economically backward classes would have chosen minority institutions on the admission portal, said a principal. "There is a possibility that all their 10 choices are for minority institutions or even if they selected two or three, their order of preferences will be affected. Now, with the HC decision, these students will have to be given a fair chance to edit their options and to apply to the same colleges under the open category too, based on their merit. Or maybe to choose other colleges too. If they are not allowed to change now, there could be confusion after the allotment," added the principal. The allotment list for the first round is set to be released on June 26. Another principal pointed out that govt did not issue clear guidelines prior to the commencement of admissions. "The May 6 GR talks only about admissions to vacant minority seats. There was no application of mind behind bringing such a regulation. If govt was clear about its intention, institutions would have moved court before. Now, we just hope the change does not impact the admission schedule much," said the principal, pointing out that SSC results were out over a month ago. A govt official confirmed that no decision has been made yet. "We will study the HC order copy and then take appropriate action for the larger benefit of students. We will make necessary changes, if needed," said the official, adding that this is the first time that students have access to thousands of colleges across the state by just filling one form for Rs 100. Meanwhile, admissions to in-house, minority, and management quotas commenced Thursday. Of the over 1.1 lakh students who applied under these quotas, 9,087 have secured admissions. Follow more information on Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad here . Get real-time live updates on rescue operations and check full list of passengers onboard AI 171 .
