Education dept to declare four cut-off lists for FYJC

Mumbai: First year junior college (FYJC) online admissions for the new academic year being conducted by the state school education department started on Friday and will end on August 3. The education department has announced that it will declare four cut-off lists but if needed, colleges can put up more cut-off lists to fill vacant seats.

According to education department officials, subjects offered by every college will be listed next to its name. This will include bifocal and vocational courses and the number of seats available per course. This will help students make an informed choice, they said.

FYJC admissions will see students who have passed the secondary school certificate (SSC) exams on Tuesday competing with their counterparts from non-state boards such as CBSE and ICSE. While 3.8 lakh students have passed in the Mumbai division, only about 2 lakh seats are available across streams. The education department has subsequently increased number of seats in science and commerce streams in city colleges. The arts stream has seen no such increase. This year, 5,600 additional science seats and 3,000 additional commerce seats had been made available. The number of seats in the arts stream has dropped by 1,000 whereas nearly 6,000 seats are available for vocational courses.

Principal of Ruparel College, Tushar Desai, told The Asian Age, “Most of the students opt for arts as they want to pursue further careers by cracking competitive exams. In arts, they can spend maximum time studying while in science, there are practicals and journals. Albeit this year the results are fair enough but the education department has increased the number of seats so there shouldn’t be any problem. Besides, many students opt for a diploma as well.”

The total number of seats in the city has gone up from 2,78,282 last year to 2,92,090 this year, with 13,808 more seats up for grabs.

Admission timetable

• Submission of online forms: June 16-27
• Normal list will be out: June 30 (till 5pm evening)
• First cut-off list will be out: July 7 (till 5pm evening)
• Admission date first cut-off: July 8 to 11
• Second cut-off list will be out: July 17 (till 5pm evening)
• Admission date for second cut-off list: July 18 to 19
• Third cut-off list (if needed): July 25 (till 5pm evening)
• Admission: July 26-27 (till 5pm evening)
• Fourth cut-off (if needed): August 1 (till 5pm evening)
• Admission: August 2 to 3 (till 5pm evening)