Maharashtra: No cakewalk in choice of faculty for FYJC this year
Image used for representational purpose only PUNE: Now that the central education boards and the state board have cancelled the Standard X examinations and announced that all students will be given a general promotion, there is a frisson of worry surrounding the basis of subject selection for first-year junior college (FYJC, Std XI).
Students are worried about getting the subject of their choice. The general basis of choosing the stream among students largely depends on the marks. However, the cancellation of exams has put students in a quandary about the basis of marks and how the admission process will be conducted thereafter.
Educator Smita Atre said, “Although students can opt for any stream irrespective of their marks, the problem arises when a majority of them want to apply for popular colleges in the city. That is when the merit list comes into play. How fairly the board measures and marks students remains to be seen.”
Students who have joined coaching for entrance exams like IIT, NEET among others will surely go for the science stream but those who are undecided about the stream will have to wait and watch for the marking system.
A parent of a Std X student, Rahul Kulkarni, said, “My child has not decided yet about the stream and was largely dependent on the marks he scores because he has some choices of colleges in the city where he wants to take admissions. He is still not sure between commerce and arts. This decision by the government to cancel the exam has added to the confusion.”
Reyansh Kakde, a state board student in std X, said, “The merit list plays an important role at the time of admissions and the marks scored by the students are at par with all other boards when it comes to calculations as per best of five subjects. I am going to go for the science stream but how they are going to ensure that the marking is equal and fair within all the boards is not known.”
Students are worried about getting the subject of their choice. The general basis of choosing the stream among students largely depends on the marks. However, the cancellation of exams has put students in a quandary about the basis of marks and how the admission process will be conducted thereafter.
Educator Smita Atre said, “Although students can opt for any stream irrespective of their marks, the problem arises when a majority of them want to apply for popular colleges in the city. That is when the merit list comes into play. How fairly the board measures and marks students remains to be seen.”
Students who have joined coaching for entrance exams like IIT, NEET among others will surely go for the science stream but those who are undecided about the stream will have to wait and watch for the marking system.
A parent of a Std X student, Rahul Kulkarni, said, “My child has not decided yet about the stream and was largely dependent on the marks he scores because he has some choices of colleges in the city where he wants to take admissions. He is still not sure between commerce and arts. This decision by the government to cancel the exam has added to the confusion.”
Reyansh Kakde, a state board student in std X, said, “The merit list plays an important role at the time of admissions and the marks scored by the students are at par with all other boards when it comes to calculations as per best of five subjects. I am going to go for the science stream but how they are going to ensure that the marking is equal and fair within all the boards is not known.”
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