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Latest News |
| 08th
Sep 2010 / Times of India / Mumbai Edition |
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IGCSE students lag in race to secure seats
LEFT IN THE LURCH
Mumbai: While IGCSE students from Mumbai may have done
exceptionally well in their Class X exams, they are lagging
behind in the race to secure a seat in a city junior college. The
reason: The state government has not allowed them to participate
in the online admission process. They have only been allowed
to apply to junior colleges offline, once online admissions
are over and the best seats have been snapped up.
Most IGCSE schools go in for the board exam in May-June. The
results are out only by August, when junior college admissions
are in full swing. Earlier, the government allowed IGCSE
students to participate in the regular online admission
process based on their provisional scores, a practice that
has been discontinued this year.
Its been a double whammy for IGCSE students. Not only are
they left with left over seats in junior colleges, but
they find themselves competing with SSC students whose
scores have been inflated by the Best-5 system, as well
as the 25 extra marks for sportspersons.
Ive been running from one college to another for admissions. SSC
board students with a score that is lower than mine have
made it to good colleges while I myself am finding it
hard to get a seat. Many colleges say they give preference
to SSC students, said an IGCSE student with a score of
80% who finally took admission to a school instead of
a junior college.
The father of another IGCSE student told TOI that his
daughter was unable to get a seat in a junior college
and had to settle for a highschool instead. But this does
not mean that our problems are over. In another two years, when
it comes to degree college admissions, my child will have
a problem making it to a college of her choice, complained
the parent.
We have discussed the matter several times with the Maharashtra
government, and have requested them to allow IGCSE students
admission based on their provisional scores. There has
been no movement on the matter from their side, said Ian
Chambers, regional manager, Cambridge International Examinations,
South Asia.
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