Faster route to Class XI,bigger rush to engg course

With most colleges in the city ready to accept the online format,education department officials are meeting on Tuesday to take a decision.

Deputy education director,Pune division,G K Mhamane said,“Mumbai will adopt the online admission process,but no decision has been taken for Pune yet.” He added there was no official communication from the government to begin the admission process online. With less than a month for the admission process to begin,government officials are noncommittal whether they would be ready to implement the online admission process if the state government gives its nod.

The state government had decided that the admissions procedure for Class 11 would henceforth be conducted online in Mumbai.

The Maharashtra Knowledge Corporation Limited (MKCL) is providing the technical assistance in Mumbai. The MKCL is ready to implement it in Pune if the state government gives the green signal.

According to sources,the MKCL had forwarded a proposal to the deputy director of the education department of Pune division four months back to make the admission process of Class XI online in Pune. “We did not get any response from the office in Pune,” said an MKCL officer.

In Pune,the admission process for Class 11 has been centralised for the last 15 years and is mostly hassle-free. In an informal meeting of college principals and education officers last week,the online format was discussed.

“The online process will help students get everything at a click and they will not have to rush to colleges to check the merit list,” said Ravindra Pardeshi,principal of Fergusson College.

However,vice-principal of another college,said,“The idea is good. But it should be implemented on an experimental basis first to avoid any chaos.”

Entrance : Another year,3,000 more candidates
Nearly 26,000 students from Pune,3,000 more than the total last year,will take the Maharashtra State Common Entrance Test (MHT-CET) on Tuesday. Around 2,48,000 students from the state will appear for the examination after 2,22,000 last year,said Vasudeo Tayde,director of medical education and research that conducts the exam.

MHT-CET scores are used for admission to 174 engineering,58 medical and 118 pharmacy colleges in the state.

The decision taken last year of having one optical mark recognition answersheet for physics and chemistry and another one for biology continues this year. The examination will begin at 10 am with a 50-mark Paper I of physics-chemistry that will go on till 11.30 am. After a break of 10 minutes,Paper II,biology (50 marks),will follow from noon to 1.30 pm. Paper III,mathematics (100 marks) will be held from 3 pm to 4.30 pm.

Candidates opting for health science courses and Bachelor in Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry (BVSc and AH) should appear for Paper I and Paper II. Those desirous of selection to engineering courses should take Paper I and Paper III and those wanting pharmacy course must appear for Paper I and II and/or Paper-III.

Grievance cells at each centre will function from 8 am till the end of the examination. “In case of any grievance on loss of time due to administrative error or any other examination related matters,the candidate should report to the invigilator ,who will communicate it to the sub-centre-in-charge through the supervisor. The committee will examine the grievance on the spot and take a decision,” Tayde said.

Timetable
16May
Last date for submission of certificates claiming additional weightage (for health sciences courses
14June
Results
18June
Last date for applications for verification of marks
25June
Last date for final merit list and college allocationENS