Double fee for provisional admissions
FYJC online admission review panel proposes hike to deter students from blocking seats
Double the fee amount for securing provisional admission to first-year junior college (FYJC) from Rs 50 to Rs100 and make it non-refundable so that students do not misuse this option.
This was one of the recommendations submitted by the online admission review committee set up to make the process glitch-free from the next academic year.
The panel will hold a final meeting with state education minister Rajendra Darda on Thursday and finalise the changes to be made to the FYJC online admission process. After the meeting, the government will come out with a government resolution on the FYJC admission process 2012.
“It was observed that students were misusing this option. They would secure provisional admissions through the online process in several colleges and once they got through the college of their choice, they would not even bother to cancel their provisional admissions,”said TA Shiware, one of the committee members.
“This resulted in colleges not getting a clear picture of their vacant seats until the last minute and an eligible candidate would lose out on a deserving seat,” he added.
Under the current online FYJC admission process, if students were not happy with the college allotted to them on the merit list, they could secure temporary or provisional admission by paying a nominal fee of Rs 50, which was refundable.
This ensured that students did not lose the seat, and yet they could keep their options open because they would be eligible for a “betterment option” in the next list
Shiware said the committee had suggested that the provisional admission fees be raised to Rs500 so that students will take provisional admissions only in colleges they are interested in. But, the state board decided to raise it to only Rs100 claiming students might not be able to afford Rs500 per seat.
Shiware also pointed out that students who have secured admission through the online process would abandon their seats and take admission to another college when the process went offline. “Then what was the use of the online admission process? It was a waste of the college and government time and resources.”
FYJC online admission review panel proposes hike to deter students from blocking seats
Double the fee amount for securing provisional admission to first-year junior college (FYJC) from Rs 50 to Rs100 and make it non-refundable so that students do not misuse this option.
This was one of the recommendations submitted by the online admission review committee set up to make the process glitch-free from the next academic year.
The panel will hold a final meeting with state education minister Rajendra Darda on Thursday and finalise the changes to be made to the FYJC online admission process. After the meeting, the government will come out with a government resolution on the FYJC admission process 2012.
“It was observed that students were misusing this option. They would secure provisional admissions through the online process in several colleges and once they got through the college of their choice, they would not even bother to cancel their provisional admissions,”said TA Shiware, one of the committee members.
“This resulted in colleges not getting a clear picture of their vacant seats until the last minute and an eligible candidate would lose out on a deserving seat,” he added.
Under the current online FYJC admission process, if students were not happy with the college allotted to them on the merit list, they could secure temporary or provisional admission by paying a nominal fee of Rs 50, which was refundable.
This ensured that students did not lose the seat, and yet they could keep their options open because they would be eligible for a “betterment option” in the next list
Shiware said the committee had suggested that the provisional admission fees be raised to Rs500 so that students will take provisional admissions only in colleges they are interested in. But, the state board decided to raise it to only Rs100 claiming students might not be able to afford Rs500 per seat.
Shiware also pointed out that students who have secured admission through the online process would abandon their seats and take admission to another college when the process went offline. “Then what was the use of the online admission process? It was a waste of the college and government time and resources.”
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