CBSE topper shunned by top colleges!

With the University of Pune deciding not to centralise the first year degree course admissions this year to ensure preference to its in-house students, a lot of students from other board of examinations apart from those outside the city and State are finding it extremely difficult to get a foothold in the colleges.

Several parents of students who passed the CBSE examination, secured flying colours but have yet to be admitted to colleges, have decided to meet the Vice-Chancellor of University of Pune Dr Arun Nigavekar on Monday. According to one parent L M Sarin (EE), after reservation for in-house students, the remaining seats are reserved for SC/OBC candidates. “This leaves students from Central Schools no scope for admission at all,” he rued.

Another parent Ram Verma (EE) too lamented that because of the rules, merit has been given no consideration. “Due to the rules, a student who has passed standard XII from BMCC with as low as 40 per cent has been admitted while students with as high as 70-90 per cent have been denied admission,” Verma cried. Parents also pointed out that in some colleges where not even 50 per cent of the SC/OBC quota seats were filled till now, have been instructed by the university to wait till July 23 before seats against unfilled SC/OBC quota is offered to general open merit candidates.

“This is highly unfair. A condition of uncertainty would prevail till July 23 for students of the open category and those who secure admission thereafter would have lost one month of valuable teaching which has already started in colleges,” parents rued demanding that colleges be instructed to immediately admit students of the general category against the SC/OBC quota.