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Tuesday, June 18, 2013

File HSC & SSC re-evaluation applications by June 22


File HSC & SSC re-evaluation applications by June 22

Bringing relief to thousands of HSC and SSC students, the state education board extended the deadline for students applying for reevaluation of papers this year.

Students, who have already sought photocopies of answer sheets before schools and colleges re-opened have been given time till June 22 to apply for re-evaluation.
We received many complaints from students that they could not get the photocopies of their answer sheets checked by their school/college teachers because of the holidays. Therefore, we have extended the deadline, said Krishanarao Patil, secretary of the Maharashtra State Board for Secondary and Higher Secondary Education.

According to the re-evaluation rules by the state board, students are supposed to take photocopies of answer sheets that they desire to get re-evaluated. Students need to first get the photocopy checked by their school/college teacher and based on the remarks given, the institute principal can forward the request to the divisional board office.

Since schools and colleges were shut for holidays and teachers were unavailable, we have extended the deadline only for those students who have already got photocopies of their answer sheets but could not get their papers checked by their teachers, added Patil.HSC and SSC students in Mumbai have time till Saturday to forward their requests.

File HSC & SSC re-evaluation applications by June 22


File HSC & SSC re-evaluation applications by June 22

Bringing relief to thousands of HSC and SSC students, the state education board extended the deadline for students applying for reevaluation of papers this year.

Students, who have already sought photocopies of answer sheets before schools and colleges re-opened have been given time till June 22 to apply for re-evaluation.
We received many complaints from students that they could not get the photocopies of their answer sheets checked by their school/college teachers because of the holidays. Therefore, we have extended the deadline, said Krishanarao Patil, secretary of the Maharashtra State Board for Secondary and Higher Secondary Education.

According to the re-evaluation rules by the state board, students are supposed to take photocopies of answer sheets that they desire to get re-evaluated. Students need to first get the photocopy checked by their school/college teacher and based on the remarks given, the institute principal can forward the request to the divisional board office.

Since schools and colleges were shut for holidays and teachers were unavailable, we have extended the deadline only for those students who have already got photocopies of their answer sheets but could not get their papers checked by their teachers, added Patil.HSC and SSC students in Mumbai have time till Saturday to forward their requests.

File HSC & SSC re-evaluation applications by June 22


File HSC & SSC re-evaluation applications by June 22

Bringing relief to thousands of HSC and SSC students, the state education board extended the deadline for students applying for reevaluation of papers this year.

Students, who have already sought photocopies of answer sheets before schools and colleges re-opened have been given time till June 22 to apply for re-evaluation.
We received many complaints from students that they could not get the photocopies of their answer sheets checked by their school/college teachers because of the holidays. Therefore, we have extended the deadline, said Krishanarao Patil, secretary of the Maharashtra State Board for Secondary and Higher Secondary Education.

According to the re-evaluation rules by the state board, students are supposed to take photocopies of answer sheets that they desire to get re-evaluated. Students need to first get the photocopy checked by their school/college teacher and based on the remarks given, the institute principal can forward the request to the divisional board office.

Since schools and colleges were shut for holidays and teachers were unavailable, we have extended the deadline only for those students who have already got photocopies of their answer sheets but could not get their papers checked by their teachers, added Patil.HSC and SSC students in Mumbai have time till Saturday to forward their requests.

Thursday, May 2, 2013

MBA admission racket busted,2 engineers held


MBA admission racket busted,2 engineers held

Gang Took 15L For A Seat In Narsee Monjee


The city crime branch claimed to have busted an MBA admission racket with the arrest of six persons, including two engineering graduates.
The accused took Rs 15 lakh from each of the aspirants and promised to get them a seat in Narsee
Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS) without appearing for the entrance examination.

The accused would provide dummy candidates to sit for the entrance exams, said an investigating officer.Of the 87 candidates for whom the accused provided dummy candidates,61 managed to secure admissions. These impersonators managed to score high marks in the entrance tests,thereby securing admissions for their clients, the officer added.
Sixty nine thousand candidates took the test this year.

NMIMS vice-chancellor Rajan Saxena said the photographs of 75 candidates taken at the time of the online exam were different from those attached with form for subsequent personal interviews. NMIMS conducts entrance exams across 20 cities in the country.

Alok Kumar,a BTech in chemical engineering and a faculty member with a institute in Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh,Hanumant Singh Gujar,also a BTech,and his brother Sugriv Singh Gujar acted as mediators. The three other mediators from UP and DelhiPavan Kumar,Himanshu Shekar and Brajendra Pratap Singhhave also been arrested.All have been booked for cheating, forgery,breach of trust and under the Information Technology Act.They have been remanded in police custody till May 5.

A couple of educational consultancies and two coaching classes Career Guardian in Ghaziabad and Meta Consultancy in Delhihave come under the police scanner.

The accused have reportedly admitted to having arranged dummy candidates for students appearing for GMAT and CAT exams as well.NMIMS is taking legal opinion on what action can be taken against students who got admitted to the institute through this racket and are now working, said inspector Deepak Patangre.

The accused have been operating this racket for three years, said joint commissioner of police (crime) Himanshu Roy.

Source :TOI

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Mumbai University Hits A New Low 50% of financial accounting question paper flawed


Mumbai University Hits A New Low  50% of financial accounting question paper flawed

Mumbai University Hits A New Low: No Respite From Paper Goof-Ups, Exam Confusion


The University of Mumbai’s series of goof-ups this exam season appears to have only intensified. On Tuesday, more than 10,000 students of B.Com Accounts and Finance (BAF) were stumped by the error ridden 60-mark Financial Accounting Paper-VIII.While the university got the errors rectified within 30-45 minutes, students from at least one centre said a 15-mark error was left uncorrected till the end. These students are now worried about failing the crucial paper.
After spending more than 20 minutes on the first question in the paper, students realized that the given details could be incorrect. Their fears were not unfounded. After the university received a complaint from one of the centres, it sent a corrected version of the paper to all the 31 centres where thousands were taking the exam. There were around three errors in the question paper of 60 marks.
While one in the first question of 15 marks was glaring, the other two minor errors were in a fill in the blanks question for 1 mark and in another 15-mark question.

At least five students who had their exam centre at G G College in Vasai said the figure given against the term share capital was Rs 20 lakh in the question paper, whereas the correct figure was Rs 16 lakh. With the figure given in the question paper, we were unable to arrive at a tally, said a student. When we informed the supervisor about the error, the university sent a corrected question set. However, even the corrected version did not rectify the error in the first 15-mark question.The college official mentioned only the other two errors, which were minor, added the student.College officials could not be reached.

In most other centres, all the questions were corrected. Several students, though, said the centre authorities did not give them any extra time to solve the paper. We spent over 15 minutes trying to get the right answer with the wrong question. We were entitled to extra time, said a student from another college.

Commerce dean Madhu Nair said the university will take stringent action against the papersetter. This is an example of utter negligence and the university will take stringent action against the ones who are responsible for these errors. Students who have attempted the question and were not informed about the error need not worry.If the claims are true, the board of examinations can take a decision to compensate for lost marks. Students will not be at a loss, said Nair. The controller of examination informed all the 31 centres within 15-20 minutes of the call from the centre, said Nair.

Source: TOI

Sunday, April 28, 2013

SY BCom students get three new options to choose from


SY BCom students get three new options to choose from


Thousands of second-year commerce students will have many more options to pick from.While the university is revising the curriculum for the upcoming academic year,it is also adding three new optional subjects like retail,insurance and entrepreneurial management.

First-year commerce students have to study for all the seven compulsory papers.In the second year,the university allows students to pick one subjects they would like to specialize in,apart from the five compulsory papers.

Currently,there are nine subjects that the varsity offers in the basket of optional papers like advertising and marketing.Currently,advertising,is the hot favourite.The idea to include three more subjects stems from the fact that these are sectors that are opening up and there will be many job opportunities for our graduates in these areas, said dean of commerce Madhu Nair.At the University of Mumbai,the commerce stream has over the years,aligned itself to become the natural precursor to the MBA course.

Many business families in the city send their children to study commerce so they can pick up business skills.Entrepreneurial management will allow the student to start something new or take up the family business, said Nair.

These programmes are being defined as practical subjects.We have consulted all the three industries and taken their opinion while drafting the syllabi, added Nair.
Source: TOI

Universities math doesn’t add up: 100-mark LLB paper totals to 108


Universities math doesn’t add up: 100-mark LLB paper totals to 108



The University of Mumbai got its maths wrong once again.After giving TYBA students an incomplete French paper recently,it handed second-year LLB students a question paper on Friday in which the total marks added up to 108,eight more than the required maximum of 100.
The LLB students were taking the fourth semester paper on land laws when some felt that the paper appeared longer than usual.A few students totalled the marks and found that more questions than necessary had been crammed into the paper.When some of us complained about it,the supervisor got in touch with university officials about the mistake, said a student who was taking the exam at Lords College.The authorities then asked the supervisors to inform all students that the third question,which carried 20 marks,should be considered a 12-mark question.

However,university officials said they have not yet taken a decision on the matter.We asked the paper setter to give us a solution as to how the 108-mark paper could be brought down to 100 marks.We have called for a board of examination meeting on Monday, said controller of examinations Deepak Wasave.

Several students were disappointed when told that the marks for the third question were being slashed from 20 to 12.Question three required students to answer any two of three choices.Many students had already answered the questions in detail assuming that each carried 10 marks, said a parent whose son could not complete the paper.Suddenly,the supervisor announced that the marks for each question had been reduced to six.Law papers are mostly lengthy and something like this is unpardonable.

The same 108-mark paper had another error.Question four asked students to give details of the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act,1909.The state was not formed until May 1,1960,and the town planning act was enacted in 1966.That error was not even corrected.Many of us are wondering who is setting our question papers, said a student.

In the past week,at least three other paper setters have goofed up.Last Saturday postgraduate students across all exam centres received question papers for an exam that was to be held 10 days later.Then,firstyear master of science students were handed the Environment Science Paper IV instead of Paper I.The paper setter had erroneously slipped Paper IV into the envelope meant for Paper I.In another instance,the university had to summon the paper setter of the exam for TYBA French students as the paper was incomplete.

Wasave said these faults were those of the paper setters and the universitys image should not be tarnished.The university only comes up with mechanisms and defines processes.We cannot check question papers after they have been set, he said.

GAFFE TRACKER


Last Saturday,postgraduate students received the question papers meant for an exam to be held 10 days later

First-year MSc students were handed the Environment Science Paper IV instead of Paper I.After students pointed out the blunder,fresh question papers were sent
University had to summon paper setter as the question paper for TYBA French students was incomplete

Model answer book of the MHRM paper distributed among all evaluators as a guide to correcting the final-year TYBCom paper had an error.The faculty member provided the wrong answer for one multiple choice question carrying one mark.A day after assessment began,a senior teacher at Podar College pointed out the mistake in the model answer booklet.It was rectified and the assessment redone

Source: TOI

Friday, April 26, 2013

Mumbai University makes world’s Top 20 millionaire alumni list


Mumbai University makes world’s Top 20 millionaire alumni list



London: The University of Mumbai has more multi-millionaires as alumni than the University of Cambridge or Brown University. And if universities from the US are excluded,it is second only to Oxford in the number of students who have gone on to become super-rich.

The Unversity of Mumbai is the only Indian entry in a top 20 graduate rich list that has ranked universities that will make you a millionaire. With 372 multi-millionaires (net worth: $37 billion) as alumni,it is ranked 18th in the list.

Delhi University also finds mention, though it does not figure in the top 20.It has 229 super-rich alumni.
A research by wealth analyst Wealth-X said Harvard boasts of the highest number of rich alumni: 2,964 multi-millionaires worth a total of $622 billion.

Harvard is also the alma mater of 52 billionaires, the largest number of billionaire alumni.The list was compiled by counting the number of former students from each university who are believed to be worth at least 20 million, taking into account their earnings, properties and other assets.

Oxford tops the list from the UK with 401 super-rich graduates, but Cambridge has more billionaires.The list,which is dominated by American universities,has Oxford at No.16 and Cambridge at No.19.
University of Mumbai has the highest percentage of ultra high net worth (UHNW) alumni who have inherited their wealth at 27% as well as the highest percentage of UHNW alumni who have inherited wealth and proceeded to create fortunes of their own at 29%, the study says.So,44% of multimillionaire alumni from Mumbai University are self-made.

One of Indias oldest universities, it was established in 1857 and boasts of alumni such as Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani and cricket icon Sunil Gavaskar.

Source: TOI

Thursday, April 25, 2013

TYBA exam paper completed on phone


TYBA exam paper completed on phone

French Paper Incomplete, Setter Dictates Extra Question



Mumbai: Final-year Arts students appearing for the travel and tourism exam in French on April 18,were handed an incomplete question paper.Worse,when informed of the gaffe,the paper-setter dictated the additional question over phone to a student who was asked to relay it to others.

Since there are few students pursuing the course and only 20 were appearing for the paper,there was only one centre for the exam.Students at the centre realised there werent enough questions in the 100-mark paper and informed their supervisor about the same.Ruia College,where the exam was being held,called the universitys exam house which realised that the paper-setter had goofed up.

What followed was even more surprising.When the gaffe was pointed out to the paper-setter,he immediately dictated an additional question of 5 marks over the telephone to make up for the rest of the marks.A parent,who informed this paper about the error,said she was shocked at the manner in which the university handled the matter.When the question was being dictated on the phone,the staff could not comprehend what was being said in the foreign language.So a student was asked to volunteer.My daughter said a student from her class took the phone and came back and dictated the question to the others, the mother of a student who did not want to be identified,said.

Other students said they just went by what was announced by the student and hoped that she had heard the question correctly over the phone.First,the university sends an incomplete question paper.Instead of rectifying it,they call out the question on the phone.They should have typed out the question and faxed or emailed it to the college, said another parent.
Ruia college principal Suhas Pednekar confirmed that a complaint was filed with the university authorities about the incomplete paper and a question was promptly given over the phone.

QUESTION PAPER PUZZLE



THE MISSING MARKS

Final-year arts students appearing for the travel and tourism paper in French on Thursday realised that the question paper was incomplete

GAFFES IN THE PAST

This year,another paper setter had goofed up.On Saturday,post-graduate students across nine exam centres received the question papers of an exam that was scheduled 10 days later.First-year MSc students were handed over the environment science Paper-IV instead of Paper-I.The goof-up took place because the paper-setter wrongly put Paper-IV in the envelope that was meant for Paper-I

ACTION TAKEN NOW

The university will raise the matter in the board of examinations and ask the paper setter to explain

Times View: Total lack of accountability


Its a new low for the university.What happened is inconceivable even in a school internal examination.The recurrence of goof-ups points to a total lack of accountability among a section of teachers and officials.The university is fortunate that this has happened in a subject that not too many students opt for;there would have been far more grief had it been a subject that needed multiple exam centres.But that does not detract from the gravity of the error.The university needs to deal with this in such a manner that would act as a precedent and preempt a recurrence.

Source; TOI Mumbai

Thursday, August 4, 2011

ATKT Counseling Schedule | Std XI Centralised Admission Process | CAP Process Pune & Pimpri-Chinchwad




 
Colleges told to admit ATKT students

10, 354 Seats Still Vacant As Std XI Centralised Admission Process Enters Last Phase



Pune: The Std XI centralised admission process (CAP) panel has warned junior colleges in the city and Pimpri-Chinchwad against refusing admission to any allowed-to keep-term (ATKT) student, once the student is allotted a seat through the counselling rounds that start from Thursday. 

On Wednesday, the panel released the final merit list for seat allotment through the governments ATKT scheme for those Std X students,  who had failed in not more than two subjects in the state boards March 2011 exam. 
The panel has rejected the forms of 32 students, who sought the ATKT benefit, and has listed 2, 313 students in the final merit list.   The counselling-based table round admission process for these students will now be conducted from August 4 to 6 at the Fergusson college’s recreation hall. 
The panel deliberately opted for counseling-based admissions for ATKT students to ensure that no college can refuse admission once the allotment is effected,  deputy director (education) Sunil Magar told TOI on Wednesday.  This was after the panels attention was drawn to incidents in the past wherein prominent colleges have shown reluctance to admit ATKT students. 
The issue also figured in discussions at Wednesday’s meeting of the principals of all 160 junior colleges, which participated in this year’s Std XI CAP.  The deputy directors office had called this meeting to take stock of vacant seats as the admission process moves into the last leg.  Classes at all junior colleges are to commence from August 8. 
In all, 10, 354 seats have remained vacant at the end of the CAP round 1 and the ensuing first and second waitlist admissions that ended on July 31.  The vacancy position is worked out after eliminating the quota seats, i.e. the 20% in-house quota for junior colleges attached to secondary schools; the 15% management quota and the 50% quota available to the minority institutions. 

It may be noted that the CAP panel had declared an overall admission capacity of 63, 680 seats, including 4, 875 bifocal science seats, at 160 junior colleges this year.  It received 54, 898 admission forms against this.  After elimination of dual forms, i e. one student applying for two separate streams, the panel had declared 46, 545 seats as allotted through CAP round 1.  The gap between admission capacity and allotted seats was 17, 135 then.  The final vacancy position is based on elimination of the quota seats.  Last year, the CAP panel had declared 10, 268 vacant seats.  

Commerce stream English and Marathi medium combine have 4, 352 vacant seats, followed by arts streams English and Marathi medium combine vacancy of 3, 205, while the science stream has 2, 797 vacant seats. 

A bulk of these vacancies, according to a CAP official, are in colleges located in far flung areas or have no established brand name. 
The vacancy position assumes significance for those students, who could not be part of the Std XI CAP for some reason.  Such students will be given admission at the institute level after August 8,  Magar said. 






Monday, August 1, 2011

Class XI Admissions Pune & Pimpri-Chinchwad| Provisional list for ATKT seats released| XI centralised admission process (CAP) provisional list 2011|





2,312 Students Seek Benefit under Scheme

Pune: The Std XI centralised admission process (CAP) committee released on Monday the provisional list of seat allotment under the state governments allowed to-keep-term (ATKT) scheme for Std X students. The scheme is for students who have failed in not more than two out of the total six subjects in the state boards March 2011 exam.

A total of 2,312 candidates have sought benefit under the scheme, which was introduced last year as part of the board’s effort to reduce exam stress on students and give them a fair chance to continue with their junior college studies, with a rider that they will clear the remaining two Std X subjects in the board’s supplementary exam.

For students seeking admission to Std XI science stream, it is mandatory to clear mathematics and science subjects in the Std X exams with minimum 40% marks, considering that science studies require practical lab work. There are no such conditions for students seeking admission to the commerce and arts stream under the ATKT scheme.
The provisional list was released at 2 pm at five colleges, viz. Fergusson college which is the main coordinating centre for Std XI CAP Sir Parsurambhau (SP),Nowrosjee Wadia, and Aabasaheb Garware colleges in Pune,and the Mhalsakant Mahavidyalaya in Akurdi for students hailing from the Pimpri Chinchwad township.

The list has also been posted on two websites: www.dydepune-. com and www.punenet.net.
In a release issued here, Std XI CAP chief and deputy director (education) Sunil Magar stated,The process for redressed of grievances, corrections or objections, if any, relating to the provisional list will be conducted till 3 pm on August 3 and the final merit list will be released at 11.30 am on August 4 at the same five colleges where the provisional list has been released.
A total of 160 junior colleges from Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad have participated in this year’s Std XI CAP.On July 25,the panel had declared the first list of seat allotment for regular admission seekers, effecting 46,545 allotments. The first and second wait lists for regular admissions were released on July 28 and July 30,while confirmation of admission was done till July 31,paving the way for the ATKT admission process.

Meanwhile,the principals of all the 160 junior colleges will meet at the Fergusson college amphi-theatre at 11 am on August 3 to take a review of stream-wise vacant seats. The vacancy position will be critical to the process of admitting all those eligible Std X pass students who were unable to take part in the CAP due to varied reasons. This process will be carried out from August 4 to 6,while the Std XI classes at all junior colleges are to commence from August 8.

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

FYJC Pune & Pimpri-Chinchwad Cutoff | CAP Round for FYJC | Science-Arts-Commerce Cutoffs |Admission Date for Admission in FYJC 2011 | Total No. of Seats | Tips & Guides for Admission |


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High 90% fetches seats in top colleges


APTE COLLEGE POSTED 97.27% FOR SCIENCE,BMCC LISTED 93% FOR COMMERCE WHILE FERGUSSON SOUGHT 90% FOR ARTS



Pune: The cut-off percentages for admission to standard XI at prominent junior colleges in the city and neighbouring Pimpri Chinchwad have gone up marginally this year keeping with the trend that was set last year following the introduction of the Best-5 policy.
The policy allows the state board students to calculate their standard X aggregate score, based on marks in the best five out of total six subjects. Last year, the cut-off (percentage point) where admission to a given college is closed, went up by 3% to 4%.It showed marginal improvement of 1% to 2%,this year.
Laxmanrao  Apte Junior College was once again among the sought-after colleges, recording the highest 97.27% cut-off for science stream __ a 0.91% improvement over last year's cut-off of 96.36%.In 2009,admissions at Apte College closed at 93.84%.
The next best science stream cutoff, at 94.55%,was shared by Deccan Education Society's (DES) Fergusson College,Pune and Jaihind College, Pimpri. Last year, science admissions at Fergusson College closed at 94.20% while the Jaihind College has ended up with the same cut-off that it had registered in 2010.
In the arts stream, Fergusson College maintained its lead status with admissions closing at 90%,up by 2% over last year's 88%.Symbiosis College of Arts and Commerce recorded the second best cut-off at 85.45%,a 19.27% improvement over last year's cut-off of 66.18%.
The DES' Brihan Maharashtra College of Commerce (BMCC) remains the most sought-after college for commerce stream with admissions closing at 93.09%,up by 1.09% over last year 92%.The next best cut-off for commerce was 84.36% recorded by the Symbiosis College.
In all,46,545 seats have been allotted in the Round 1 of the standard XI CAP,the merit list for which was released on Monday by deputy director (education) Sunil Magar,who heads the multi-member CAP committee. All students, who applied through the CAP,have been allotted a seat.This includes 2,949 students from CBSE,ICSE and other non-SSC boards, Magar said.
The classes will commence from August 8 instead of the previously announced date of August 4.The delay is mainly due to the issues relating to the CBSE students, he said.Last year,the legal tussle over the Best-5 policy had impacted the admission schedule and the classes finally started on August 18.This year,we are starting 10 days earlier than last year despite the delay caused by CBSE issues, Magar said.
The CAP panel had declared an overall admission capacity of 63,680 (inclusive of the 4,875 bifocal science seats) while it received 54,898 admission pleas.The round 1 allotment of 46,545 prima facie indicates a difference of 17,135 seats between the admission capacity and actual allotment.The difference cannot be construed as vacant seats, Magar insisted.
Of the 54,898 forms received,the figure of 46,545 for the round 1 seat allotment was worked out after elimination of dual pleas.For instance,2,269 candidates had applied for science as well as commerce stream seats and another 98 applied for science as well as arts stream seats.Yet another 505 students applied for science as well as commerce (Marathi) stream seats.Many applicants also moved to the post-SSC diploma courses, he said.

The final position vis-a-vis vacancies will be clear only after the quota seats such as the 5% available to college managements;20% available to junior colleges attached to secondary schools;and 50% available to colleges run by minority institutions,are accounted for at the end of the CAP process by August 8, he added.
Last year,the CAP panel had reported 10,268 vacant seats at the end of the admission process.The number of junior colleges then was 146 as against 160 this year.
Of the total round 1 allotment,22,671 seats went to the science stream for which the CAP panel had declared an admission capacity of 20,965 seats. The excess applicants were accommodated by allowing the junior colleges to increase their science student intake by 10% to 20% of the existing intake, Magar said.
For commerce stream (English as well as Marathi medium),21,634 admissions have been effected as against the capacity of 26,380 seats.Similarly,2,240 admissions have been effected for arts stream, against a capacity of 11,460 seats. The CAP panel authorities sounded sure that the commerce seats will eventually be filled by the end of the admission process in August. However, arts remains a problem area, they admitted.
Fergusson College principal R G Pardeshi,executive president of CAP, vice-principal Rekha Palshikar,assistant director (education) P P Sable,CAP panel members Jagdish Chinchore and M D Lawrence were present.

KEY INSTRUCTIONS


Students should confirm their allotted seat on priority Students wanting to wait till the waitlist allotments are out by foregoing their original allotted seat will be doing so at their own risk Only photocopies of support documents,like marklist,to be submitted along with the admission form Grievances on excess charging of fees should be referred to the deputy director of education through CAP's main centre at Fergusson college

PREFERENCES


27.69% of total applicants for science stream got the college of their first choice while 51.08% students got a seat in one of the first three preferences they made In commerce English medium,36.65% of total applicants got the college of their first choice while the same for commerce Marathi medium was 49.76% 38.66% of total applicants in arts stream got the college of their first choice while the same for arts Marathi medium was 88.38%

ADMISSION PROGRAMME AHEAD




JULY 26 TO 28:


Candidates to confirm their seat at the allotted junior college

JULY 28,5 PM:


Release of first waiting list

JULY 29 AND 30:


Waitlisted candidates to report to their allotted college for confirmation of admission

JULY 30,5 PM:


Release of second waiting list (if needed)

AUGUST 1 AND 2:


Confirmation of admission at allotted college by candidates under second wait list.Process to be carried out between 10.30 am and 4 pm every day

AUGUST 3:


Stream-wise,mediumwise review of vacancy at the end of Std XI CAP at 11 am at Fergusson College's amphitheatre

AUGUST 4 TO 6:


Counsellingbased table round admissions for Std X fail students,who applied admission to Std XI under the allowed-to-keep-term (ATKT) scheme,at Fergusson College

AUGUST 8:


Standard XI classes to commence at 160 junior colleges in Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad.

CAP AT A GLANCE




Applications received:


54,898 (inclusive of 2,117 pleas under ATKT scheme)

Total seats allotted under CAP Round I:


46,545

Backward Class students:


18,666 (40.10% of total allotment in Round I)

Science stream allotment:


22,671

Commerce stream allotment (English+Marathi medium):


21,634

Arts stream allotment (English+Marathi medium):


2,240

ATKT ADMISSION SCHEDULE
JULY 30:


Provisional merit list to be declared at 11 am at four designated colleges Fergusson,Nowrosjee Wadia,Sir Parsurambhau (SP colleges and Mhalsakant Mahavidyalaya,Akurdi

AUGUST 1:

Redressal of grievances,if any,relating to the provisional list at the four designated colleges,from 11 am to 4 pm

AUGUST 3:

Final merit list to be displayed at 4 pm at the four designated colleges

AUGUST 4 TO 6:

Counselling-based table round admissions at Fergusson college recreation hall,from 9 am to 5 pm ATKT provisional as well as final merit list will also be posted on two websites: www.dydepune.com and www.punenet.net

FOR STUDENTS NOT PART OF STANDARD XI CAP



Students,who did not apply for admission through the CAP for various reasons,can still seek admission at individual college level at the end of the ATKT admission process.The CAP committee will release a college-wise,stream-wise and medium-wise vacancy position at 11 am on August 8 for the non-CAP students to enable them approach the concerned college for admission between August 8 and 11.Admissions will be strictly against vacancy.

GRIEVANCE REDRESSAL



Students who may have issues regarding the allotted seat not being of their choice can furnish the prescribed application forms at either of the five grievance redressal centres at: Fergusson,Garware,Nowrosjee Wadia,SP and Mhalsakant colleges between 10.30 am and 4 pm from July 26 to 28.Fergusson College will be the main complaint centre with contact numbers (020) 32346011 and 32346012.


Source: TOI

IIMs to change question pattern of CAT exams | New CAT Pattern




CAT 2011: One section less,5 extra mins
In keeping with its goal of having a mix of students from all streams, the IIMs are changing the question pattern of the CAT this year. For the last three years, the IIMs have been planning to have students from all faculties for its two-year post-graduate management diploma programme.
The idea was to churn out managers who would not only be able to interpret mathematical data but also have knowledge of other subjects. This, the authorities hoped, would give them an ability to find solutions that would be beneficial for everyone across the board.
Now, instead of three sections — quantitative ability, verbal ability and data interpretation & logical reasoning — there will be two. Quantitative ability and data interpretation will comprise one section. The second will comprise logical reasoning and verbal ability.

To get through, students will have to score equally well in both sections. Earlier, only the overall score was considered while making the merit list. More than 90% students who crack CAT are engineers, who do well in quantitative ability and data interpretation. Putting more emphasis on verbal ability — grammar and comprehension — is expected to bring in students from other streams.
“We want students who are good at all four sections,” said Janakiraman Moorthy, CAT '11 convenor and professor of marketing at IIM, Calcutta.
In another first, the time for answering each of the two sections will be limited.
The duration of the exam will be 140 minutes. Candidates will have 70 minutes to answer 30 questions in each section. Prometric, the testing company which began the computerized test two years ago, will introduce an on-screen countdown timer. Once the time ends for the first section, the second section will open and there will be no going back.
IIM Lucknow director Devi Singh said: “Changing the format of the CAT exam is a standard practice. This will help us get students with well-rounded knowledge.”


Source: Hindustan Times





Saturday, July 23, 2011

Std XI merit list to be released on July 25 |FYJC Centralised Admission Process (CAP) 2011 | Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad FYJC Centralised Admission Process 2011 |


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Pune: The merit list for the computer-aided Std XI centralised admission process (CAP) for 160 junior colleges in Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad will be released at 5 pm on July 25.
Deputy director of education (Pune) Sunil Magar, who heads the multi-member CAP committee, said that the panel has completed the data entry processing for the 54,898 applications received under the CAP. Work on the same had started from July 7,the last date for submission of pleas.
Admission is assured for all those who have applied through the CAP as the panel had declared availability of 63,680 seats for the arts, science and commerce streams. Against this, it has received 8,782 lesser applications.
However, the panel has to deal with 4,011 surplus pleas drawn by the science stream against the declared admission capacity of 20,965 seats. Additional sections are likely to be sanctioned to junior colleges offering science stream to tackle the matter.
There are lesser concerns though for the arts and commerce streams, which have drawn 2,190 and 20,590 applications, respectively. This is less by 9,270 and 5, 790, respectively against the admission capacity declared for arts and commerce streams.
In all,71,932 forms were sold between June 28 and July 7 when the form submission process was done.

Source: TOI

FYJC General Merit List Cut Offs 2011 | General Cut Offs for FYJC 2011 | Arts, Science, Commerce General Merit List |


SCIENCE


ARTS 

COMMERCE




Cut-offs rise 1-2 %,but top colleges cross 95% mark

Thousands Of High Scorers Fail To Get Into Preferred Colleges


Mumbai: First the good news: FYJC general merit list cutoffs for science and commerce streams announced on Friday have gone up only marginally by a percent or two when compared to last year. On the other hand,cut-offs to top colleges like Ruia, Ruparel and Sathaye colleges for the science stream have crossed the 95% mark, making it difficult for even 90% scorers to get a seat. For instance, the science cut-off at Ruia College in Matunga was a high 95.09%,while the entry level for Ruparel College in the same stream was 95.63%.Cut-offs for commerce, too, touched 90%.
The lists were announced ahead of the scheduled time,which was 5pm.Around 3.30pm,students could see their allotment online.

With the unusually high number of top scorers across all three boards, colleges were expecting very high cut-offs this year. Shobhana Vasudevan,principal of Podar College,Matunga, said, Even though we were expecting the cut-offs to be exceptionally high,it is only marginally higher than last year.
The first general merit list evoked a mixed response from parents and students. While those who scored 95% and above in their board exams were able to get a seat in a college of their choice, the majority is now waiting for the betterment option in the hope that they will be allocated a seat in their preferred colleges.

Many top-rung city colleges saw anxious parents and students awaiting allotment lists on Friday.

Mansi Sheth,who scored 92.2% in the SSC board exam,was ecstatic when she saw that she had been awarded a seat in the college of her choice. I have been allotted a Commerce seat at H R College,Churchgate,which was my first preference, she said.But for Kirtana Shettywho scored only 2% less than Sheth in the ICSE board examFridays list was a bitter disappointment.I got a seat in a commerce college which was seventh in my preference list.I hope the betterment option brings me some good luck, said Shetty.
Several colleges complained that more than half seats are vacant even after the first allotment’s A Shiware, principal of KPB Hinduja College at Charni Road,said: We have around 684 seats in the aided commerce section and only 279 students have been allotted seats in our college. Normally most of the seats are taken in the first round itself.

An official from the deputy directors office said, All seats will be filled by the second round. There is a possibility that not many students have opted for some colleges, which would explain why some colleges have seats that have not been allotted yet.

2011 surprise: Arts cut-offs raise the bar

Mumbai: Even as most colleges saw a marginal rise in cut-offs in the science and commerce streams, what surprised college heads was the sudden demand for seats in the arts stream. This development resulted in a drastic rise in the cut-offs in several colleges, ranging from 6% to as high as 31%.
At SIES College, authorities were baffled to see the cut-offs for the arts stream rise by almost 17% from 56% last year to 73% this year. Harsha Mehta,principal,SIES College,said,In the minority quota as well,we have admitted students in arts,who have secured as high as 94%.The trend has changed and students are realizing that studying subjects in arts can translate into better job opportunities.Apart from lucrative options in degree colleges for arts students with Bachelor of Mass Media (BMM) and Bachelor in Management Studies (BMS),arts students are given preferences in job interviews after they complete their MBA in HR. There is more awareness now about career options.
At Sathaye College in Vile Parle, the first general merit list for their arts stream stopped at 68.8% this year. Last year, the first cut-off was a mere 37%.At K C College, the arts cut-off has risen to 81.2% this year from 73.27% last year. I believe, students are grabbing seats under the arts stream as a backup option. Many just want to study at a reputed college, no matter what stream they study in. Once these students get a seat in another college as well as a stream of their choice, they might withdraw their admissions from the arts stream, said Manju Nichani, principal, K C College.
Students, though, appear to be sure about their options. Most subjects under the arts stream are challenging as well as interesting and easygoing at the same time.Ill get to study interesting topics as well as enjoy my college life, said Malavika Shetty, who has been allotted a seat at St Xaviers College and intends to pursue a degree in law after Class XII.

Several college heads are happy that students are finally seeing the importance of this often-ignored stream. Almost every year, seats under the arts stream would go vacant even in the best of colleges. Hopefully, this trend will change for good now, said a principal.

Source: Times of India

Friday, July 22, 2011

FYJC 2011 Cutoff Declared | Bifocal FYJC Cutoff for Mumbai Region 2011 | Check Your Cutoff |







MUMBAI: The day most junior college aspirants are waiting for is finally here. The education department will announce the first (general) merit list on Friday at 5 pm.

With 8,127 students confirming their admissions with various colleges under the bifocal category, over 1.9 lakh students are now waiting for the general merit lists to get a seat in a college as well as stream of their choice.

The general merit lists will once again consider all those students who have already sought admission in various city colleges under various quotas as well as the bifocal category. "Students who still wish to change their preference of college and want a seat in the general category have the option of surrendering their bifocal seat and confirming their admissions under the general category," said an official from the education board.

While the best-5 policy saw a rise in 90% scorers last year leading to high cut-offs, the number of 90% scorers from various boards has shot up this year round. Colleges fear higher cut-offs this year too.

As the number of students who scored over 90% has shot up this year, colleges fear high cut-off. "The cut-offs for bifocals shot up this year in most colleges and this trend will follow in the general lists too. With more than 42,000 students scoring over 90% this year, the cut-offs are bound to rise by 2-3 per cent this time," said T Shivare, principal of Hinduja College at Charni Road. He added that the issue of high cut-offs arises especially in he top 10-20 city colleges as this is where the cream of scorers apply and confirm their seats.

Many principals believe that the cut-offs for the general category might also go higher that the bifocal cut-offs. "A very large number of 90% scorers have applied this year and we are pretty sure the cut-offs will remain high. It is possible that the cut-off will stay as high as last year if not higher," said Indu Shahani, principal of HR College in Churchgate.

Some colleges are also being approached by students and parents in order to help them get a seat in their preferred course.

"Parents don't understand that colleges have no role to play in the online admission process. All the lists are prepared by the education department and we receive the lists at the same time as the students do online. Even after explaining this to parents, they still show up at our doors for help," said a principal of a suburban college.

Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com 

Monday, July 18, 2011

2nd bifocal list brings little hope

Mumbai : The second (bifocal ) merit list on Monday evening brought little relief to those seeking admission to junior college.

A large number of students, many of them 90-plus scorers, have not yet got a seat as colleges witnessed only a marginal dip in cut-off in the second round.
Though principals of most institutes had predicted high marks that would be required for admission, what has come as a shock is that in two colleges, the cut-off for the second list is higher than that for the first list.I have no idea how the percentage has become more than the first list these were the percentages that we were expecting for our first list, said Harsha Mehta, principal of SIES College, Sion.  The cut-off for computer science at SIES has risen by 2% from 92.36% to 94.36%,while the cut-off for electronics has increased by 1%.

At Patkar  College, the cutoff for computer science in the unaided section has increased by more than 2%. Explaining how this was possible, an official from the deputy director of educations office said, Forty per cent seats are reserved for students who studied technical subjects in Stds VIII,IX and X in the bifocal courses. If these reserved seats do not fill up after the first round, they are supposed to be offered to the general category. And so, cut-offs in some colleges might have increased. The system is not faulty.
In the second round, the percentage listed as the required score by most institutes witnessed a slight dip and many colleges did not even have any vacant seat. For example, at Ramnarain Ruia College, Matunga, none of the seats for electronics (aided section) in science is vacant. The cut-off for computer science in our college has not changed at all, while that for electronics in the unaided section has dipped by 0.18%, said principal Suhas Pednekar.

Similar is the scene at Jai Hind College. Our cut-off for electronics didnt change at all as we had only four seats left and all the four were allotted to students who had scored 94.18%.Thecompetition in the general category may get worse, said Kirti Narain,principal of Jai Hind College.

Officials blamed this trend on extra-cautious students; with the anxiety level hitting a new high this year due to high scores and cut-offs, students have already secured their seats in whatever college they got. This was the main reason why most colleges had very few seats left when the second (bifocal ) merit list was published, said an official.
I thought my score was really good and would get me a seat in any college of my choice. Now I will have to wait for a seat on the general list. Hopefully Ill get it, said Hardik Harsoria,a student of St Sebastian High School at Chira Bazar, who had scored 92 %.

SCORE BOARD

The first general merit list will be announced at 5 pm on July 22

Cut-offs for 2nd bifocal list:
JAI HIND COLLEGE
Computer Science: 94.18% Electronics: 94.18%

RUIA COLLEGE
Computer Science: 96.54% Electronics (aided): no seats vacant Electronics (unaided): 95.09%

K C COLLEGE
Computer Science: 93.45% Electrical Maintenance: 92.18% Electronics: 92.18%

SIES COLLEGE
Computer Science: 94.36% Electronics: 93.81%

ST ANDREWS
Computer Science: 90.90%

Source: TOI

FYJC Mumbai Bifocal Round 2 starts today 18 July 2011



Mumbai: The second round of junior college admissions will begin on Monday at 5 pm as the deputy director of school education will release the second merit list for bifocal courses in science and commerce.
After the first round, more than 3,000 bifocal seats were surrendered by colleges and this will be made available for students in the second round. However, principals are not expecting a huge difference in cut-offs from the ones in the first list.
A senior official from the deputy directors office said, several students, who have not taken admission in the first allotment round, have already secured admissions to their preferred colleges during the offline process.
There were more than 18,000 online applications for the bifocal courses in science and commerce streams. However, the number of seats available online this year was 11,528,around 3,000 more seats than last year. After the first round of allotment,11,022 students were allotted a seat in colleges across the city and out of these 7,614 students confirmed their admissions.In the second round, therefore 3,408 seats will be available for students. Many students will also get betterment options.
Out of the 11,528 seats which were available in the online process,506 seats will remain vacant even in the second round as nobody opted for these seats.These seats will be filled later by respective colleges among the students who have applied in general science stream and are interested in bifocals on the basis of merit.
The cut-offs in preferred colleges might still remain high,as there are not many seats available. In Birla College, where the admissions for computer science closed at 96.18% in the first list,the percentage might dip only by one or two percentage points,said principal Naresh Chandra.We have only 20 to 25 seats left after the first round and there will be many students who have scored between 95 % to 96 %.The cut-offs will plummet by few percentage points, Chandra said.
MB Kekare, principal of LS Patkar College in Goregaon, said, Last year, we had almost 50% seats left for the second bifocal round. This year, we have only 10-15 % seats left after the first round. In the aided section, there are only 5 to 6 seats left. So we are expecting the cutoffs to dip marginally by a few points.

Source: TOI

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

FYJC Cut-Offs 2011 Mumbai region | FYJC Bifocals Science Cut-Offs 2011 |




The bifocals science and commerce merit list for junior colleges, which was announced on Tuesday, was a mixed bag of both surprises as well as upsets. While the cut-off in one college crossed 98%,most city colleges saw a marginal increase by a percentage or two when compared to 2010.This,despite the fact that the number of students who applied for the competitive course dropped by half this year. In another surprise, one that has students and principals puzzled, the entry-level marks for a few sought-after city colleges like SIES and KC were lower that their cutoffs in 2010.

Ramnarain Ruia College in Matunga had one of the highest cut-offs in Electronics with 98.18%the highest in many years.At the same time, R D National College in Bandra which is also popular with students had a cutoff of 91.45% in Computer Science.The range and disparity in the cut-offs this year are huge,say students and principals.Even in the commerce bifocal stream, there was a big difference in the merit lists: Podar College in Matunga closed at 96% for Marketing and Salesmanship while the Office Management course at KC in Churchgate was only 88.72%.Last year, the cut-off at KC for the same course was 92.5%.

Its not just students who are unhappy with the cutoffs. Even principals whose colleges got lower cut-offs than last year expressed their disappointment.
In an irony of sorts, the cut-offs were more competitive for students who applied under the minority quota.The open merit lists are always higher than the minority list cut-offs, This year, however, the trend has changed in our college, at least, said Harsha Mehta,principal of SIES College of Science in Sion, where the cut-off in computer science went down from 94.18% in 2010 to 92.36% this year.

Vijay Joshi, principal of K J Somaiya College at Vidyavihar, said: We had expected the cut-offs to be much higher this year,but the increase is marginal.It is surprising that some colleges have seen a dip in the percentages this year, which has not been the case in the last few years.

Anxiety levels were high even among top scorers. While students like Ashish Bana who scored 96% in the ICSE board exam heaved huge sighs of relief when they saw their name on the merit list, others like Hardik Harsoria who had scored 92% failed to make the cut.College principals believe that the reason behind this sudden change in trend is the anxiety that has hit parents and students this year. Even the so-called high scorers are worried about getting a seat in a college and course of their choice, said Sangeeta Srivastava, principal of T P Bhatia College in Kandivli where the cut-off for Computer Science was 92.27% this year. For instance, until last year,hardly any students took Mechanical Maintenance as a bifocal subject but this year, our cut-off for the same subject is 90%.

Of the total 11,528 seats available under the bifocal category for online admissions,11,022 seats were allotted in the first list. The second bifocal merit list will be announced on July 18,and principals predict there wont be a huge drop in percentages. This year, the numbers of applicants in the bifocals streams have gone down drastically with only 18,000 students applying for the course as opposed to 31,000 in the last year.
Many students did not get SMS alerts from the Maharashtra Knowledge Corporation Limited.We did not get any message by 5 pm, but when I logged on to the website, I found out that was allotted a seat, said a student
Source: Times of India (Mumbai)

Monday, July 11, 2011

FYJC Online Admission Merit List 2011 2012 | FYJC First Merit List of First Year Junior College 2011 | Declaration of merit list-I for FYJC bifocals | Total no. of Seats in Junior College (FYJC) in Mumbai | FYJC Cut-offs of 2010| Second Merit List Declaration Date | F.Y.J.C Arts Science Commerce |



Bifocal (Science & Commerce)
  • Declaration of Merit List I - 12 July 2011 5 pm
  • Payment of Fees for Merit List 1 - 13, 14 July 10 am to 2 pm
  • Declaration of Merit List II - 18 July 2011 5 pm
  • Payment of Fees for Merit List 2 - 19, 20 July 2011 10 am to 2 pm

General Merit List: (Arts, Science & Commerce)
  • Declaration of Merit List I - 22 July 2011 5 pm
  • Payment of Fees for Merit List 1 - 23, 25, 26, 27 July 10 am to 2 pm
  • Declaration of Merit List II - 1 August 2011 5 pm
  • Payment of Fees for Merit List 2 - 2,3,4 August 2011 10 am to 2 pm
  • Declaration of Merit List III & Final - 8 August 2011 5 pm
  • Payment of Fees for Merit List 3 & Final - 9,10 August 2011 10 am to 2 pm

 Bifocal students who have been assigned to a college in the first merit list must secure their seat by paying Rs 50.They can opt for the betterment option only once

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Mumbai: For many years now, bifocal or vocational junior college courses have been sought after by the academic elite, but 2011 is proving to be an exception. The number of students applying for bifocal seats the first cut-off list for which will be announced this evening has gone down drastically. Only 18,000 college aspirants have applied for bifocal seats in science and commerce as opposed to more than 31,000 last year.

Its worth noting though, that the number of bifocal seats has risen. In 2010, there were 12,533 bifocal seats. This year, the numbers have gone up to 15,826 seats with 1,225 for commerce vocational and 14,601 for the science vocational streams. Of the 15,826 seats, around 12,474 seats are available for online applicants. Last year, in the online process,31,131 students were vying for 7,906 bifocal seats; this year only 18,000 students are vying for 12,474 seats. With fewer applicants, the ratio of students per bifocal seat has reduced from 4:1 in 2010 to 1.5:1.Nevertheless,college principals are still expecting high cut-offs.

In 2010,the cut-offs for bifocal seats in top-rung colleges closed at 92-94 %.This year, with more students crossing the 90% mark in all three boards ICSE,SSC and CBSEcut-offs will remain on the higher side, say principals. Kavita Rege, principal of Sathaye College at Vile Parle, said : Its difficult to even guess what the cut-offs will be like this year. One of the reasons why fewer students have applied for bifocals could be because they want to keep their options open after Class XII. If students opt for bifocals, they wont get the chance to study health and health-related courses. For instance, science bifocal students who drop biology cant opt for biomedical engineering, microbiology, etc.

Manju Nichani, principal of K C College at Churchgate, said, The first cut-off lists are very high, but it normally goes down by 2-3 % in the subsequent list.
Principals, students and parents are hoping that the school education department will announce the merit list on time. Due to a technical glitch last year, the office of the deputy director of school education released the data two hours after the deadline and students were unable to see which colleges they had been allotted until midnight A Shiware, principal of KPB Hinduja College. said, The department has taken corrective measures to ensure that there are no glitches.
The merit list will be put up at www.fyjc.org.in/mumbai   at 5pm today. Students will also be alerted via text messages.

Source: Times of India

Cut-Offs Bifocal Science 2010

Cut-Offs Bifocal Commerce 2010




Source: Times of India