Anahita Mukherji | TNN
Mumbai: For students from the 60-odd IGCSE (Cambridge international board) schools across the state—most of which are in the city—who’re hoping to re-enter the Indian education system, the future is still uncertain.
The Class X board examination scores for IGCSE students are out only by August whereas admissions to junior colleges are complete by the mid-July. And so, most IGCSE students who want to opt for the Maharashtra state board in Classes XI and XII usually obtain temporary admission based on provisional scores in the mock exams that they appear for before the ‘O-levels’.
While most South Mumbai colleges readily accept these scores, many suburban colleges are wary of international boards and refuse admission on the basis of provisional scores. “How can we grant a student admission based on the scores in a mock exam and not the actual IGCSE board exam,’’ says Mithibai College principal Kiran Mangaoker.
When TOI contacted Mumbai’s deputy director of education, Sheila Tiwari, she said that there were no hardand-fast rules when it came to such admissions. “I have asked the government for guidance on this matter, till now, colleges haven’t been issued any instructions on the matter,” she said.
“This is really unfair on my child. How can colleges refuse admissions on the basis of a provisional score? This means that students from an international board who want to re-enter the Indian system stand to lose out on a year, because the results are out later than those of Indian boards,’’ says an upset parent of a student from a suburban IGCSE school.
However, while the colleges and the state are unclear on admissions for IGCSE students, Ian Chambers, region manager South Asia, University of Cambridge International Examinations, says that the Maharastra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board has issued an eligibility certificate for Cambridge IGCSE as a foreign board. This allows access to junior colleges in Maharashtra for students with 5 IGCSEs (including English).
“Acclaimed institutes such as Mumbai University to accept IGCSE students on the basis of forecast grades and we would like to see progressive institutes follow this example,’’ says Chambers. He adds that in the ‘Application Form for Eligibility Certificate’, a booklet brought out by the Maharashtra State Education Board for students belonging to foreign boards/universities/institutions, there is a deed of undertaking which states that the divisional board can grant a provisional eligibility certificate, provided that documents are furnished within a stipulated time limit. “We would like to see junior colleges follow this,’’ says Chambers.
Mumbai: For students from the 60-odd IGCSE (Cambridge international board) schools across the state—most of which are in the city—who’re hoping to re-enter the Indian education system, the future is still uncertain.
The Class X board examination scores for IGCSE students are out only by August whereas admissions to junior colleges are complete by the mid-July. And so, most IGCSE students who want to opt for the Maharashtra state board in Classes XI and XII usually obtain temporary admission based on provisional scores in the mock exams that they appear for before the ‘O-levels’.
While most South Mumbai colleges readily accept these scores, many suburban colleges are wary of international boards and refuse admission on the basis of provisional scores. “How can we grant a student admission based on the scores in a mock exam and not the actual IGCSE board exam,’’ says Mithibai College principal Kiran Mangaoker.
When TOI contacted Mumbai’s deputy director of education, Sheila Tiwari, she said that there were no hardand-fast rules when it came to such admissions. “I have asked the government for guidance on this matter, till now, colleges haven’t been issued any instructions on the matter,” she said.
“This is really unfair on my child. How can colleges refuse admissions on the basis of a provisional score? This means that students from an international board who want to re-enter the Indian system stand to lose out on a year, because the results are out later than those of Indian boards,’’ says an upset parent of a student from a suburban IGCSE school.
However, while the colleges and the state are unclear on admissions for IGCSE students, Ian Chambers, region manager South Asia, University of Cambridge International Examinations, says that the Maharastra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board has issued an eligibility certificate for Cambridge IGCSE as a foreign board. This allows access to junior colleges in Maharashtra for students with 5 IGCSEs (including English).
“Acclaimed institutes such as Mumbai University to accept IGCSE students on the basis of forecast grades and we would like to see progressive institutes follow this example,’’ says Chambers. He adds that in the ‘Application Form for Eligibility Certificate’, a booklet brought out by the Maharashtra State Education Board for students belonging to foreign boards/universities/institutions, there is a deed of undertaking which states that the divisional board can grant a provisional eligibility certificate, provided that documents are furnished within a stipulated time limit. “We would like to see junior colleges follow this,’’ says Chambers.
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