Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Day after 70:30 put on hold, city junior colleges resume admissions | 70:30 Rule to be implemented next year

Mumbai, July 15 A week after the admission process was temporarily stayed by the Bombay High Court, colleges in the city resumed admitting students on Tuesday, after the Maharashtra government had informed the High Court on Monday that it would not implement the 70:30 rule during admissions in junior colleges this academic year.

The High Court had stayed the admission process last week after a petition was filed against the admission formula according to which 70 per cent of the seats will be filled with students from the same district as the college. While all colleges carried on with admissions of students selected in the third merit list, few put up the fourth merit list. Dadar-based Kirti College principal M Kekare said that all seats in his college except those in the reserved category had been filled up after the third list. “Every year we put up five lists. However, this year we had to stop at just three. This is because of the good results of tenth standard and a high pass percentage.”

Mithibai College, Vile Parle put up only Science and Arts list. According to principal Dr Kiran Mangaonkar, the college would not put up a fifth list. Colleges which implemented the 70:30 rule in the second or third lists have decided not to redo the lists and have carried on with the admissions of selected students.

Meanwhile, the delay in the admission process which will subsequently delay all the important activities including exams in this academic year has college principals worried. Kekare said, “We are tensed because we will have to manage the workload. Our junior college usually begins on July 10. I do not know as to when we will be able to start junior college classes this year.”

Schedule:

* July 15- 10 am to 5 30 pm- Admissions of students whose names were listed in the third merit list, 5 30 pm- display of fourth merit list

* July 16- 10 am to 5 30 pm- Admissions of students whose names were listed in the fourth merit list, 5 30 pm- display of fifth merit list

* July 17- 10 am to 5 30 pm- Admissions of students whose names were listed in the fifth merit list

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