MUMBAI: Announcing the last chance at admissions for First Year Junior College (Class XI), the education department said vacant seats will be up for grabs at a ‘First Come First Served (FCFS)’ round from January 13. Students will be able to secure seats on days allotted to them based on the class X score.
While the education department had, in a government resolution last year, announced that the FCFS will not happen this year, it did a U-turn earlier this week as many seats were vacant even after five rounds of admission. In the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, 1.9 lakh out of the 2.1 lakh applicants have confirmed admissions in various colleges.
This year, the FCFS round will be held in seven phases. In phase one students with a score of 90% will be able to claim their seat between January 13 and 15. The website will open for students with a lower score on following dates (see box).
Being the last of round of admission, the education department will not only allow all existing applicants to participate, it will also accept new forms. “Students must be very careful in this round. Before logging in to claim a seat, students must use the portal to check for vacancies, stream, medium of instruction, subjects, college code and location. If a student selects a college by mistake, he must cancel the seat and avail a new one,” said Sandeep Sangave, deputy director of education, Mumbai.
Students will have to confirm admission at the respective college in the given timeline.