Tripura Higher Education Minister assures admission for all Class 12th students clearing state board exams

“I assure the students who have cleared higher secondary examinations that they will get admission in government degree colleges, but subjects and colleges may not be of their choice. This year, over 24,000 students cleared the higher secondary examination, while the state has 33,000 seats in colleges,” Barman said.

He said he has already instructed the principals of degree colleges in Agartala to create more seats so that the students could study there.

On the students’ agitation at Ramthakur College, he said, “The department has nothing to do with what had happened outside the campus.” When contacted, Principal Papri Das Sengupta said the college has already admitted more students than its capacity.

“We can’t allow more admissions. The admission was carried out purely on the basis of merit through an online portal,” she said.