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THE MAHARASHTRA Government has partially backtracked on the change in Class 11 admission in-house quota rule – introduced earlier this month – which specified that the quota would only be applicable if the junior college and school operated by the same management were located on the same physical premises.
According to a press note by Director of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Mahesh Palkar issued on Saturday, the government resolution that announced this rule was being amended to specify that the revenue districts of Mumbai City, Mumbai Suburban, and Thane would be considered a unit.
Students from institutes owning a school and a junior college within these limits would be eligible for the 10 per cent in-house quota.
For the rest of Maharashtra, the revenue district would be considered a unit boundary for eligibility of in-house quota admissions.
The original rule change by the state government had marked a strong backlash from educational institutes in Pune like the Fergusson Junior College and Modern College of Arts, Science, and Commerce.
These institutes have schools present at a different location than their junior college campus, meaning that their school students would be rendered ineligible for in-house quota admissions.
Palkar had previously told The Indian Express that the decision to restrict in-house quota to same premise schools and junior colleges was to bring fairness to the admission process and give meritorious students a better chance.
