Saturday, July 19, 2008

Over 26,000 jr college seats still vacant in Mumbai | Admissions starting from Monday 21st July

MUMBAI: Of the 1.29 lakh students who cleared class X from Mumbai, only around 1.03 lakh have managed to secure a seat in a city college.

The good news though is that after the fifth merit list, there are still 26,115 vacant seats in junior colleges in Mumbai, including top cityones like Ruparel, Ruia, N M, Mithibai and Podar. The break-up is-5,944 arts seats, 6,133 science seats and 14,038 for commerce.

Of the 410 colleges in Thane, the deputy director of education has collated figures for vacant seats in 286 colleges. The figure works out to 15,925. In Raigad, there are about 871 vacant seats. The second round of admissions will begin on Monday for those who have not yet secured a seat in any college.

The department will open three guidance centres in Mumbai, nine in Thane and one in Raigad. In Thane, over 1.02 lakh students have cleared class X and there are 1.01 lakh seats in all (including the 141 new colleges). Despite this, there are still well over 16,000 vacant seats in Thane. "This is because a lot of Thane students seek admission to Mumbai colleges," said the education officer.

Source:Times Of India

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