The system of allocating seats to students in various colleges after the SSC Board exams has been scrapped by the University of Mumbai.
A recent report in the national dailies states that the system of allocating seats to students in various colleges after the SSC Board exams has been scrapped by the University of Mumbai, as ‘students did not come up in sufficient numbers to enroll for it’ and ‘colleges directly took admission forms from students’ — as a consequence of which the system was rendered useless.
The decision of the university takes the students back to square one. From the university officials’ statements, it is patent that very little or no effort was made to set up the system. If the university was serious about the whole thing, why did they not insist that all admission forms would be accepted only online? Colleges could have been directed to not allocate any seat (barring those in the ‘management quota’) unless these were cleared by the varsity’s centralised system. The admission process would be simplified as the computer would allocate seats in the order of preference selected by the candidate.
From the common consumer's viewpoint, it seems that making the admission system non-transparent is the method of choice for many colleges, which do no want their admission process ‘to be taken over by a computer’. Sale of seats to non-meritorious candidates, manipulation of the admission system and a variety of shady practices would not be possible in the presence of such a system.
The student and his poor parents who often tag along, are the biggest losers in this scenario. In addition to making multiple applications and scanning the lists of admissions issued, in case they decide to change a college or get into a college of their choice at a later date, they are made to run to recovering their original marks sheets and fees. The vacancies caused thus are an avenue of resources for college managements out to make a fast buck by auctioning the leftover seats to the highest bidder.
It is not that such systems are unknown to the system of education in India. The IITs, the IIMs and the University of Health Services conduct admission processes by computerised admission. Simplifying processes is part of good administration, but is anybody listening at Mumbai University?
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