Over 60,000 students sealed their fate yesterday

Students seeking admission to junior colleges neglect Arts for Science and Commerce streams

On the last day of completing online forms for Std XI centralised admission procedure (CAP), a total of 60,303 students submitted their junior college preferences yesterday. Though stream-wise bifurcation has not yet been generated by the CAP committee, Science and Commerce are in demand this year too, as Arts continues to lose its charm for the city (see box).

Intake capacity
Stream                2013              2014            Difference  
>> Arts            12,140         10,840        1,300  (Drop)          
>> Commerce    26,920         28,715        1,795   (Rise)
>> Science        25,440        28,110         2,670  (Rise)

“Most of the new proposals to start self-finance junior colleges are for Science and Commerce streams. With these proposals, 2,080 Science seats and 1,600 Commerce seats have been added this year in the CAP,” Balasaheb Ovhal, assistant director, Pune division (education), said.

Timetable of Std XI centralised admission procedure (CAP)

With the SSC passing percentage declared the highest ever in 2014, city’s reputable junior colleges have indicated that the cut-offs would go up by at least 2-3 per cent from last year.

Suman Shinde, deputy director of education (Pune division) said, “The initial deadline of submission was 5 pm, which we have now increased to 10 pm today (Tuesday) considering as many as 1,416 students are yet to submit their online admission forms. The first merit list will be declared on June 28 at 5 pm. All the students who participated in the admissions process have to secure provisional admissions in the junior college they will be allotted in the first list.”

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