College Admission – New Rules
After last year’s failed attempt of introducing percentile system, state now thinks of an admission process based on either best-of-five subject scores or a quota system for students of CBSE, ICSE and SSC boards. The percentile formula for junior college admissions was scrapped due its complexity. So this year the state government is considering two options - the best scores in any five subjects for SSC students or a quota system for the different boards to ensure parity.
The state government had introduced a rather complex percentile system last year to rationalise marks for all standard X students from the SSC, CBSE and ICSE boards. Parents of SSC students claimed that children from ICSE and CBSE got admissions in the best colleges, because their marking system was more conducive to scoring a higher percentage in the examination.
This year, the state government is trying to fix the errors they made last year in the admission process. The percentile formula is out of the question since it was scrapped by the court last year. The court had asked to bring in a formula that will equalise marks for all Std X students. Experts have suggested to follow the best-of-five formula adopted by the CBSE and ICSE students, which could bring SSC students at par with the CBSE and ICSE students. The State School Education Minister Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil says “We have sought a legal opinion on this, and we will take a final decision by this month-end” .
The other option being considered by the state government is a quota system for students of all boards. This year, over 16 lakh students appeared for the SSC exams, while 8,459 and 7,508 students appeared for CBSE and ICSE exams respectively. The final decision on the college admission process will be made after weighing legal opinions from the Law and Judiciary department.
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