Pune: Admissions of more than 6,700 fresh HSC passouts uncertain

However, unlike FYJC admissions, there is no centralised admission process for first year degree colleges as the admissions are conducted at the college level itself. In such a case, students would have to contact each college and check for available seats.

Shockingly, no statistics are available with the higher education department or varsity officials on whether enough seats are available to accommodate newly passed students.

Higher education department officials have conveniently passed the buck onto the Savitribai Phule Pune University administration saying that it is the latter which is expected to take a decision on accommodating the students. “The subject of admissions lies with university officials,” said Dr Vijay Narkhede, joint director, higher education.

Dr VB Gaikwad, director, Board of College and University Development (BCUD), agreed that the subject of first year degree admissions needed to be discussed in advance and promised that such a scenario would not persist next year as a centralised software would be employed.

“As far as this year is concerned, since admissions are done at the college level, students would have to go to each college, check for vacant seats and apply. More seats are available in the colleges in fringe areas,” Gaikwad said.

Meanwhile, college principals who have already started seeing a steady queue of such students, agreed that it is a tough situation. “As of now, we are only taking applications from students as we have very few seats and more number of applicants. In some faculties, we have no seats,” said Dr Rajendra Zunjarrao, Principal, Modern College.

“I personally think that the university must consider giving five or ten percent additional seats to those colleges which are willing to accommodate such students. Only then will we be able to accommodate these students and ensure that they don’t lose an academic year which was the idea behind holding early supplementary exams,” Zunjarrao added.