The Maharashtra state government is yet to release an order allowing these students
to be admitted in junior colleges in an offline process after August 10
While the junior college online admissions will come to an
end in a week’s time, the fate of students from Central Board of Secondary Education
(CBSE) schools, who have appeared for school exams, still hangs in balance.
The Maharashtra state government is yet to release an order allowing these students
to be admitted in junior colleges in an offline process after August 10, when the
online admissions will get over. Meanwhile, the state government has also moved
an application in the court to merge two petitions from Mumbai and Nagpur, which
were seeking relief on the same issue.
An official from the office of the deputy director of school education said, we
haven’t received any order from the state government. Unless, we are told by the
department, we cannot issue any instructions to colleges over the offline process
for CBSE students who have not taken the board exam.
On July 5, CBSE board chairman Vineet Joshi meet officials from the states school
education department. After the meeting, though it was decided that students will
be given provisional admissions offline, an official order is not yet released.
Atul Mathuria, whose daughter moved to court seeking relief from state governments
refusal to accept students who have appeared for the internal exams, said, We are
hoping that the students petitions will be heard and a positive order will be passed
soon. However, principal of Rajhans Vidyalaya, Deepshikha Srivastava, said, Students
are more or less settled now in our schools. So, I do not know how many students
will actually move out after a decision is taken. Also it is too late for students
to seek admissions now. Most of the CBSE schools have completed their first unit
tests.
An individual petition was filed by Shruti Mathuria, a student of Rajhans Vidyalaya, Andheri
and a PIL filed by a group of parents in Nagpur to seek relief on the same issue.
Mathurias advocate, Aniket Nikam, said, the state has moved an application to hear
both the cases together if the affected parties do not have any objection. The hearing
on this will come up before the Chief Justice on August 8.
Times View
With only a week left for the offline admissions, the education department has no
plans for a large number of CBSE students. This is not exactly an ideal admission-season
scenario. Many CBSE students, who have appeared for the school-based assessment,
are waiting to apply to junior colleges offline and it is important that the department
has a clear policy without any further delay.The least students can expect is some
clarity.
Courtesy: Times of India
