Admission haze after best-5 ruling

“We have to examine the judgment and then take a decision. There are several issues and we will take a decision in a couple of days,” School Education Minister Balasaheb Thorat said. He said the government would accept the decision as of now,while seeking legal opinion about a possible appeal.

Maharashtra State Board for Secondary and Higher Secondary Education secretary Tukaram Supe said,“There is no decision right now on reissuing the marksheets. If the state government takes such a decision then we will start reworking the marksheets.”

Among students,the ruling worried those who had scores boosted by the formula,but those with very high scores said it would make little difference.

Karen Jophy of Sacred Heart High School in Vashi had scored 91 per cent without Hindi,but counting that subject will make it 89 per cent.

“With 91 per cent I thought I had a chance at a good science college like Ruparel in the third list. But 89 per cent suddenly seems a lot less and that worries me,” she said. “Some of my friends who had scored very well without counting Marathi are worried,too,because their percentages will now come down drastically,” Karen added.

Shraddha Shah of St Anthony’s Girls’ School in Chembur,on the other hand,said her score would remain high either way: 98 per cent according to best-five,96 per cent if all six subjects are counted. “I think 96 per cent is still a very good score. I am confident I will get admission to a good science college,” Shraddha said.

2008-09 percentile system to help ssc students during admission. struck down by hc

2009-10 90:10 quota,with 90% seats for state board students. also struck down

2010-11 best 5 subjects to count for ssc students only. Struck down,yet again