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| 13th
Aug 2010 / Times of India / Mumbai Edition |
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No.of non-SSC students dives in city colleges
Mumbai: A combination of factors has made the citys junior
colleges an unfavourable destination for students from
the central boards,and for outstation candidates. This
year, the number of students from central boards who have
sought admission in FYJC has fallen by two-thirds as compared
to last year.What is even more shocking is that the number
of students from other countries or states queuing up
for a spot in a Mumbai junior college has come down from
11,511 to less than 1,000.
Of the 775 students who applied from outside Mumbai,only
255 have booked a seat. Friday is the last day to seek
admission to a junior college allotted under the first
general merit list, but 87,132 candidates have not yet
reported to the assigned colleges, according to data from
the deputy director of school education. As of Thursday,
74,456 students had already completed their admission
formalities.
Norina Fernandes,principal of Lilavati Podar School, says,
The proportion of ICSE students opting for ISC (class
XII) has doubled this year. Of the 437 class X students
from my school,merely 240 applied to junior colleges.
The others have stayed back for joining ISC; still others
have joined CBSE schools.
Most of those who stayed back in all-India board high
schools are science students. We reduced our humanities
class size to accommodate science aspirants. ISC results
were also very good this year, so students who want to
pursue the professional streams stayed back, Fernandes
said.
With the government coming up with new policies to favour
state-board students, many CBSE and ICSE schools have
also started high schools.
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