Bifocal admissions close at 85%
The regular round for standard XI bifocal admissions finished at the Dhanwate National College on Wednesday with 366 seats still remaining
vacant primarily due to unavailability of candidates belonging to schedule tribes, physically handicapped and defence categories.
Interestingly, admissions for bifocal courses touched an all-time high with the cut-off soaring to 90% and above for the first few days before finally closing at 85% for the general category. The situation was more or less the same for OBC candidates as well.
According to education department officials, the cut-offs touched the skies this year as a majority of candidates nowadays aspire to pursue a career in engineering. Moreover, opting for bifocal streams like computer science, electronics, and electrical maintenance helped them to strengthen their fundamentals and also get rid of two subjects, including a language. Candidates passing HSC in the bifocal stream have a bright chance of getting direct admission to second year engineering diploma courses if he/she fails to get a seat in engineering degree courses.
"Till Wednesday, 2,192 seats were filled up while 366 remained vacant as many candidates belonging to various categories failed to turn up. These vacant seats will be first filled up by backward category candidates on July 17. If those seats still remain vacant then the general category candidates have a chance," assistant director of education Rajendra Godhne told TOI.
In-charge of standard XI centralised admissions in Nagpur added that those candidates who had earlier reserved their seats will not be eligible for the last round.
All eyes will now be on the merit list for science and commerce courses.
These streams too are expected to witness unprecedented cut-offs, especially in premier colleges. The list will be formally out on July 23. Around 14,960 seats are up for grabs in 99 junior colleges in the science faculty and over 13,000 seats in 93 institutions are offering a course in commerce.
vacant primarily due to unavailability of candidates belonging to schedule tribes, physically handicapped and defence categories.
Interestingly, admissions for bifocal courses touched an all-time high with the cut-off soaring to 90% and above for the first few days before finally closing at 85% for the general category. The situation was more or less the same for OBC candidates as well.
According to education department officials, the cut-offs touched the skies this year as a majority of candidates nowadays aspire to pursue a career in engineering. Moreover, opting for bifocal streams like computer science, electronics, and electrical maintenance helped them to strengthen their fundamentals and also get rid of two subjects, including a language. Candidates passing HSC in the bifocal stream have a bright chance of getting direct admission to second year engineering diploma courses if he/she fails to get a seat in engineering degree courses.
"Till Wednesday, 2,192 seats were filled up while 366 remained vacant as many candidates belonging to various categories failed to turn up. These vacant seats will be first filled up by backward category candidates on July 17. If those seats still remain vacant then the general category candidates have a chance," assistant director of education Rajendra Godhne told TOI.
In-charge of standard XI centralised admissions in Nagpur added that those candidates who had earlier reserved their seats will not be eligible for the last round.
All eyes will now be on the merit list for science and commerce courses.
These streams too are expected to witness unprecedented cut-offs, especially in premier colleges. The list will be formally out on July 23. Around 14,960 seats are up for grabs in 99 junior colleges in the science faculty and over 13,000 seats in 93 institutions are offering a course in commerce.
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