The deputy director of education (DYDE), Mumbai, has formed flying squads to check on complaints against junior colleges that have started giving offline admission to students while the online process
The deputy director of education (DYDE), Mumbai, has formed flying squads to check on complaints against junior colleges that have started giving offline admission to students while the online process is still on.
The constitution of the flying squads is also aimed to ensure that all junior colleges conform to the high court order that stipulates that all admissions, online or offline, have to be done after the students are registered online.
After hearing a petition that highlighted colleges were giving away seats as per their whims without keeping records, the high court had instructed the DYDE to make online registration mandatory for all forms of admissions. Thus, colleges could only give admission to students who had registered on the First Year Junior College (FYJC) online admission portal even if they were applying for the quota seats.
However, even as the DYDE released the third list last Tuesday, it started receiving complaints from students and parents about colleges conducting admissions through the offline process from the very next day. As a result of this, the DYDE formed flying squads to investigate the same.
“The flying squads consist of a member from the online admission core committee and a local education department official. They have been asked to verify the complaints as well as check if the colleges are admitting students who are not registered online. Four squads have been formed and they have been visiting junior colleges in all the three zones in Mumbai since Wednesday. Through this we hope to address the complaints as well as ensurethat colleges follow the court order,” said B.B. Chavan, deputy director.
Unlike in the past, when colleges had to complete the offline admission process for quota seats, after the court order they have been permitted to continue admissions to quota seats along with the online admission process.
However, some colleges have been giving away seats in the open category to students with lower percentages, as a result of which deserving students are being turned away.
