Colleges begin admissions despite SSLC, PU results not being announced

The results of the II PU and SSLC examinations are yet to be announced. But that has not stopped several top PU and degree colleges in the city from starting admission formalities. Students, who were taken by surprise, are now scrambling to submit applications.

Some colleges have completed admissions and even collected tuition fees for the 2018-2019 academic year. There have been instances of students being given provisional admission based on the marks scored in the preparatory examinations.

But early bird admissions come at a price: students will have to pay an additional 40% of the total tuition fee to secure a seat.

Others have asked students to submit their application forms, and have even conducted entrance tests for some of their more sought-after courses.

“I visited three colleges on Thursday and found that two of these colleges have already accepted online application forms. While they say that admissions to some courses can be done after the results are out, provisional admissions to some courses have started,” said a PU student who is waiting for her results, which will be announced on Monday.

Nagesh S., a parent said it was disheartening to see so many top colleges violating the norms.

“The respective departments should also conduct checks and punish colleges that have begun admissions. Parents will be reluctant to lodge complaints as they are worried that the college will not admit their child if they lodge a complaint,” he said.

The II PU results in the State will be announced on April 30, while the SSLC results will be announced on May 7.

The Department of Pre-University Education (DPUE) and Department of Collegiate Education (DCE) have said that parents can lodge complaints if they found that college managements had begun the admission process.

C. Shikha, Director of DPUE said that parents should not encourage such institutes and that they were susceptible to getting cheated.