For the past three years, the state government has been experimenting with new systems to bring SSC students on a par with their counterparts from other boards.
For the past three years, the state government has been experimenting with new systems to bring SSC students on a par with their counterparts from other boards. Every year, these systems have led only to chaos and delay in the admissions.
However, this year with the state deciding to continue with the best-five which was introduced last year, the SSC students appear to be in for a smooth ride.
In lieu of a verdict on the best-five system by supreme court, the state government had decided to continue with the system for the results of the exam conducted in March. This helped the board in declaring results on time and without much confusion. “We want to provide a level playing field for the students, and so every year we came up with new policies to help state students match with students from other boards.
The best-five system has been one of the most successful of all the systems we introduced,” said Ujwala Patil, chairperson of the
state board.
Last year, students had a harrowing time, as the admission process based on the ‘best-five’ policy was under dispute. Colleges lost out nearly two months of their new academic year and were forced to cancel certain exams to finish the portion.
Before that, in 2010, to bring parity of marks among the students of various boards, the state had resurrected a percentile system, under which a formula was made for standardising the scores of students from all boards for admissions to junior colleges.
The state government in 2008 had implemented the
percentile formula, but the Bombay high court stayed it after it was challenged by a parent of an ICSE student. However it was scrapped after the high court ruled against the new system.
The state government then came up with a 90:10 formula. The state proposed to reserve 90% of seats in junior colleges across state for students from the SSC board. But this system too was struck down by the Bombay high court.
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