In spite of the education department supplying a booklet costing Rs150 that contains information on application and the online admission process, many students applying for First Year Junior College (FYJC) commit many mistakes while filling up the online application forms, said principals of many colleges in the city.
Some of the mistakes are glaring. A student whose father is a BMC employee applied in the defence quota, and another student whose mother is handicapped, applied in the quota for the handicapped!
Before the FYJC admission procedure starts, the education department supplies the booklets to schools to make students aware how to go about applying online. The booklet features the online admission process—admission rules, important instructions, fee, documents to be submitted at the time of admission, procedures to be followed after an applicant's name appear in the merit list, etc.
The booklet is given to students for Rs150 each by their respective schools after the education department sends them across.
Mehek Gwalani, vice principal of KC College, Churchgate, said: "The most common mistake students commit is to fill in the names of 35 colleges randomly. The booklet has information on how to select (preference) colleges. But students click randomly on the names of colleges in the list of preferences and they end up not getting the colleges of their choice."
Echoing the sentiments, Anila Pillai, HR College vice principal, Churchgate, said: "One student had applied in the defence quota. On checking his documents after he was called for FYJC admission in the defence quota, we found that his father was not a defence employee but was working in the BMC. Last year a student applied for admission in the quota for the handicapped. When he came for admission, we realised that the child was not handicapped, but his mother was. We had to deny him admission. This is the kind of mistakes students make. That is because they don't read the instructions given in the booklet properly. It also can be that schools don't check their documents."
Priyanka Rajani, principal of Vidyanidhi High School and Junior College, Vile Parle, said: "Students who fill their online admission forms from outside, choose colleges randomly. Only when their names appear in the merit list do they realise that they had applied for admission in an unaided college where they have to pay a huge fee. They seek concession showing documents that is applicable only to aided colleges."
The number of FYJC admissions after the second merit list: 10,4207.
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