Students get little respite in second FYJC merit list

Students get little respite in second FYJC merit list

Vinamrata Borwankar | TNN | Updated: Jul 23, 2019

MUMBAI: The second merit list for First Year Junior Colleges announced on Monday brought little respite for students, as cut-offs at popular institutes dropped only marginally in the arts and commerce streams. Cut-offs in the two streams remained above 85% in many colleges, keeping them out of reach for students with high scores.

In the centralized merit list, out of the 1.07 lakh students eligible for a seat, 69,710 were given a seat. Of these, 16,337 students got the college listed as their first preference, and it will be mandatory for these students to secure admission. The second merit list admissions will continue up to July 25.Cut-offs in arts and commerce were either equal to or lower than the previous merit list by a couple of marks. This, despite junior colleges having added extra seats to give SSC students a level footing this year. “In the first round, many high-scorers wait to confirm admission as they wish to get their best preference. Hence, we do not see a major drop in cut-offs. We also had only few seats on offer in this round. Students willing to take a risk may be able to take advantage of lower cut-offs once we surrender minority quota seats after the third merit list,” said Ashol Wadia, principal, Jai Hind College, Churchgate. The arts cutoff stayed the same and commerce cut-off drop only by 1% at the college. After a directive from Bombay high court last year, minority junior colleges cannot surrender vacant quota seats until the third round of admissions is complete.Principals said they had expected cut-offs to drop marginally. “Many students had confirmed seats in the first merit list admissions and few seats were on offer in the general category. We will have few quota seats opening up in the fourth round, but it is unlikely to affect cut-offs a lot,” said Vidyadhar Joshi, vice-principal, V G Vaze College, Mulund. Science and commerce cut-offs of the college were lowered by nine and one mark and arts stayed the same as the first list.With the government allowing students to avail SEBC quota with three months to procure documents, some colleges saw a higher cut-off for students from the quota, compared to the first merit list.