E-admissions will be quicker this year, promises Education Minister

Updated on: Wednesday, February 02, 2011

While online admissions to junior college were a relatively smooth affair last year, several complained of just how time-consuming the process was, delaying the start of the new academic session. This time, the new education minister Rajendra Darda said he wants to decrease the period taken for online admissions and wrap up the process well in time for the new academic session.

"The process should be completed in less time. The whole purpose of online admissions is to save time, so that more time can be spent on teaching and less on administration", said Suhas Pednekar, principal of Ruia College. He said that after two years of implementing the process, the government should get it right this time round. "Admissions were relatively glitch-free last year, though there were a few minor problems", said Darda and added that the department wanted to iron out all the creases this time round.

Not everyone is gung-ho about online admissions though. A principal, who did not wish to be named said,"It would not be possible to reduce the time frame for online admissions, as the system has been centralised for the whole city. With the current centralised system, the government may be able to reduce the time taken from two and a half months to one and a half months, but it will not be as brief as earlier. When the system was decentralised, it took us only 15 days to complete the admissions", said the principal.

Pune, Nagpur will go online in 2012

While online admissions will be held in Mumbai once again this year, the government has decided not to extend its purview to the rest of the state. "From next year, we want to introduce the online admission process in tier-two cities across Maharashtra", said the minister. This will include cities such as Pune, Nagpur, Aurangabad and Jalgaon. Online admissions were introduced in the city three years ago. Over the past few years, the government announced plans to introduce these across the state.

E-admissions will be quicker this year, promises Education Minister

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