Std XI admissions put on hold indefinitely

Nagpur: The Supreme Court’s decision to put on hold admissions with social and economically backward classes (SEBC) quota in Maharashtra, has resulted in some late evening changes to the schedule of Std XI admission. The school education department, which oversees it through Common Admission Process (CAP), has put everything on hold indefinitely.
The declaration of allotment list for Round-2 in CAP was scheduled to be released on Thursday. In view of SC’s order, that has now been put on hold and a new schedule will be communicated to students after government’s approval.
An official told TOI that admissions done so far may not change. “Already under Round-1, the reservation matrix was implemented. My interpretation is that it won’t change since it was done last week itself. Now we will await government orders on how to proceed further,” said the official.
Admissions to the 3-year polytechnic diploma is now at the application stage with the last date being Thursday. Whether this schedule will get postponed and how the new admission matrix will work is still unclear.
Deepak Kulkarni, in charge principal of Government Polytechnic in Nagpur, said, “We are a government institute and all orders from state will be followed. As of Wednesday evening, no communication had been received regarding this. However, we are still at application stage. So there is no doubt that before actual admissions start, government will provide clarity on the issue.”
Due to Covid-19, students can now make use of e-scrutiny format for documents. Ram Nibude, joint director of Nagpur regional office of the Directorate of Technical Education (DTE), said, “In this process, the student has to first register on the website of the DTE from home with the help of laptop or computer and then fill up the admission form online. The required documents or certificates are to be scanned and submitted online.”
Polytechnic diploma in engineering makes a student eligible for admission to a degree course directly in second year. Those looking for a specialized approach prefer admissions in polytechnic.