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Wanted: Schools to go beyond Std X

To ease the pressure on Std X students, Maharashtra education department has released a GR calling for more applications from English medium schools who want to set up unaided junior colleges.

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The Std X results will be out in a fortnight, following which students from all boards — SSC, ICSE and CBSE — will make a rush for the city’s junior colleges to secure their admissions. To ease the pressure on these students, the state school education department has released a government resolution (GR), calling for more applications from English medium schools interested in setting up unaided junior colleges. The department has even promised a speedy approval to schools that have the required infrastructure to set up a college.   

“English medium schools that have all infrastructure requirements can apply for permission, which will be granted without any delays,” said an official from the department, adding that the move would reduce the stress levels of students seeking admission to junior colleges.

“Stress levels will go down if a student has the choice to continue in the same school. We are speeding up the process of granting permission so that schools can offer this option from this year itself. The transition from secondary school to junior college will be done without any problems,” said the official.

The GR further states that junior colleges will get provisional affiliation from the Maharashtra State Board for the first year. “However, the schools will have to apply for permanent affiliation within the first year of setting up,” the official added.

Last year, Indian Education Society’s (IES) New English School at Bandra had applied for permission for starting a junior college and had managed to get it. “They got permission very quickly and were able to start enrolment the same year in August. Schools usually need to have recruited at least two qualified teachers per division, libraries and laboratories,” said Shubhada Vinekar, principal, Manik Vidya Mandir, IES, Bandra.

Also, this year, there is a need for more seats at the junior college level with the government’s best-of-five subjects policy and the ATKT rule expected to push up the city’s passing percentage. About 3,48,822 students have appeared for the Std X exam from Mumbai. Last year, the city had around 2,63,307 students passing out with over 2.48 lakh junior college seats up for grabs.

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