First merit list released online on saturday for admission to junior colleges across mumbai city

Updated on: Tuesday, June 25, 2013

The heavy rain on Monday could not deter thousands of students and parents from rushing to junior colleges across the city as the first day of confirmation of admission dawned.

The first merit list was released online on Saturday evening and many junior colleges witnessed an uncontrollable rush of students on Monday despite students having two more days to complete the admission confirmation process.

Kavita Rege, principal of Sathaye College in Vile Parle said, "The anxiety among students and parents is really high, so we try not to send students away." "The crowd was getting bigger with every passing hour and we had to extend the timing to accommodate everybody."

She said teachers had to work in shifts to finish the admission process.

Some colleges also called off Class XII lectures to accommodate FYJC aspirants.

B Sharma, principal of Vaze Kelkar College, Mulund (W) said, "We confirmed admissions of 1,100 students on Monday." The college has 1,800 FYJC seats.

To avoid the rush, many colleges followed a strict schedule, calling only a batch of students.

Indu Shahani, principal, HR College, Churchgate said, "It would be impossible to handle the rush otherwise." "We comfortably conducted admissions. Nearly 250 students confirmed their admission."

She, too, said there would be very few seats left for the second merit list.

The second merit list is to be released online on June 30, Sunday, at 5 pm.

First merit list released online on saturday for admission to junior colleges across mumbai city

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