Admn gives nod to centralised admissions from next year

So far,colleges have been holding separate admissions in their campuses. This has been a constant annoyance for students and parents,as they have to shuttle between colleges for admissions.

Talking to Newsline,Education Secretary Ram Nivas,who is also the Home Secretary,said,“The Administration would have taken an action had the problem been brought to its notice earlier. However,from the next academic session,all government colleges will have a centralised admission system and private colleges would be asked to share a common venue with government colleges.” Centralised admissions would be held only for first year admissions. For higher level,individual colleges will continue to hold separate admissions.

“The centralised system would save students from harassment and enable the Administration to monitor the entire procedure. This way,shortcomings in the system would be fixed there and then,” Nivas said.

The decision is being hailed by both students and parents. “It’s a great decision. It should have been taken earlier. It would be huge relief to parents and their children to go to a common venue and take admission in a particular college as per their merit.” Arun Kumar,a parent,said.

A student,Aashima,said,“I hope the decision was implemented this year,as students could have been saved from needless harassment. But it’s better late than never.”