On Day 4 of FYJC admissions, much of day spent smoothing ruffled feathers, rectifying faults
On Day 4 of FYJC admissions, much of day spent smoothing ruffled feathers, rectifying faults
On the fourth day of admissions for the first year of junior college (FYJC) yesterday, a large part of the day was spent smoothing ruffled feathers. After the goof-up on Saturday in which forms of students from the Indian Council for Secondary Education (ICSE) were incorrectly filled in, authorities from the Pune division of the state education department called an urgent meeting of parents yesterday morning.
About 45 parents turned up for the meeting chaired by Rekha Palshikar, vice-principal of Fergusson College.
Best-five confusion
The goof-up had happened as admission forms for ICSE students did not specify how to choose the best five subjects, leading to confusion and incorrect filling of forms.
"Actually, parents thought that they had to select one subject from Group II and four from Group I. But that isn't the case; they can take any five subjects provided both the groups are covered. We explained this to parents and gave them the option to refill forms," said Palshikar.
Commerce mix-up
Another goof-up that the department had to sort out was the printing of forms for commerce stream. On Saturday, there was a big commotion at the admission centres as those filling forms for admission to the commerce stream were getting acknowledgement slips for arts. "There must be a misprint in a few forms. It isn't a big problem; clerks are to overwrite on these slips and sign them," said Sunil Magar, president of city Centralised Admission Committee.
Few takers for arts
At the end of the day, science emerged as the top choice for FJYC candidates, with commerce coming a close second. Of the total 61,000 admission forms sold, 25,800 candidates chose science forms, while the number of commerce forms sold was 23,629. Arts was the least favourite with 3,587 students buying forms. The rest of the forms sold were for technical and other courses.
"A couple of years ago, there was good response to arts. The drop in number of arts students has been sharp," said Dr Rajendra Junzarrao, principal of Modern College.
Some students from foreign universities had to run from one place to another to clear their confusion.
Fergusson college authorities said any college could accept forms of foreign students, but other colleges disputed this. "Only the centralised admission main centre, which in Pune's case is Fergusson College, can accept forms of foreign students," said Dr Shrikant Gupta, principal of Garware College. "Our officials haven't been informed about the procedure for foreign students."
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