FYJC session delayed till mid-August

Mumbai: The introduction of the online system will delay the commencement of First Year Junior College (FYJC) for nearly 2-3 weeks. The new session usually starts by July 15 but this year it will have to wait till mid-August.

With the new online system, the junior college admission process will be delayed by at least 21 days, resulting in the loss of crucial working days needed to cover the portion.

Double-check of every preference selected by students is being done manually by the staff to make it error-free, said Aatul Wadegaonkar, General Manager, Maharashtra Knowledge Corporation Limited (MKCL). This require a few additional days. Apart from this, due to the centralised nature of the admission process, we need adequate days to collect information from each college about vacant seats after every round of admissions and update it.

The college generally commences by July 15, however this year it may extend till July end - we are not sure about it. It is a wait-and-watch situation for all of us, said Manju Nichani, Principal, KC College of Arts, Science and Commerce.

Even the 90:10 reservation battle in court may delay the admission process.

Since this is for the first time some progressive steps have been taken, we should make adjustments and co-operate with the government, said Principal of another college.