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As many as 13,000 students will be put out of the admission process for class XI as they have failed to meet the reporting deadlines of the process. Wednesday was the last day of the first round of admissions and 35, 000 students took admissions to the colleges allotted to them.
“The students who were allotted colleges were supposed to take admission by giving Rs 50 to the respective colleges and then apply for the second round. The computer generated slip is essential. But now that they have not applied, they will be considered out of the admission process,” said an official from the deputy director’s office and added that these students will now have to wait till the end of the process i.e. till the end of third round. After that if there is vacancy, then these children will be allotted colleges, he said.
“We sent more than 10,000 text messages asking the students to take admission in the colleges, but still, 13,000 students did not turn up even on the last day. We have asked all the colleges to accept forms till late evening so that the numbers will increase. It seems, despite repeatedly telling the students, they were not clear about the instructions and hence have not taken admission,” said Suman Shinde, Deputy Director of Education.
Meanwhile, parents of the students who were studying technical subjects along with compulsory ones in class 10 have demanded that 40 per cent reservation be given to students who have technical background in bifocal seats.
A group of parents whose children studied at J N Petit Technical High School met S Chockalingam, Commissioner of Education and Suman Shinde, asking them to keep 40 per cent reservation in the ongoing class 11 admission process.
Since admission to class 11 was online for Arts, Science and Commerce branches, the bifocal admissions were not included in it. Instead, the students have to first secure their admission in individual colleges in the science stream and then apply for bifocal subjects in the college.
While parents complained that due to additional load of technical subjects and less information on the admission process, many students have not given preference to colleges with bifocal subjects, Suman Shinde said the announcements about admissions were made many times long back.
“It was declared long back that bifocal admissions would be conducted at the college level. The information booklet provided for the online process also states it clearly. The 40 per cent reservation will still apply. When the colleges are allotting seats for the bifocal division, they will have to reserve 40 per cent seats for students who have studied technical subjects. But the onus is on students to secure admission in science stream first,” said Shinde.
