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Aug 2010 / Times of India / Mumbai Edition |
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Cut-throat cut-offs to bag top scorers
Mumbai: With cut-offs skyrocketing for the bifocal subjects
this year,students woes only seem to continue.While the
first shortlist placed many of the 90 percenters in little-known
colleges,principals said the rules of the game are changing:
these institutes now have a chance of moving up the quality
curve as they have achieved the first step of bagging
top scorers.
For instance,explains Bina Gole,Swami Vivekanada College,this
is a phase when a lot of colleges have managed to get
bright students.This process will ensure that these colleges,not-so-known,will
get a larger proportion of high scorers next year,and
even more students in the years to come.That is how institutions
are built.
This year,if scores in bifocal courses in top junior colleges
went up by 2-3 %,others saw their scores soaring by 8-9
% compared to 2009.
Ajay Bhamare,principal of the Ramanand Arya DAV College
said,It is true that there has been an unusual increase
in the cut-offs thisyear,especially with regard to the
bifocal subjects.One of the prime reasons is that more
and more students are opting for bifocals. The percentage
in this college has shot up by 8-10 %.The cutoff at the
college is 92.36% for Computer Science (unaided).
The trend is the same everywhere.All colleges offering
bifocal subjects have increased cutoffs sharply.Rina Saha,principal
of the Ratnam College of Arts,Science and Commerce said,I
think the best five policy has caused the percentage to
escalate.Besides,students have also scored high marks.So
increase in cut-offs was expected.
The rush for these subjects is partly because opting for
these subjects would enable students to skip subjects
like a second language.Many colleges that have managed
to attract top rankers know this is their chance to rise
a few rungs.As a principal of a college said,No matter
how much donation you get from students seeking admission
under the management quota,the proud moment is when you
get meritorious students who have scored high marks.We
have decided to apply for some grants to upgrade our labs,now
that we have about 25 students with over 90% joining us
in the computer science programme.
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