Anahita Mukherji | TNN
Mumbai: The state’s government resolution (GR) on marks normalisation for junior college admissions appears to be ambiguous and open to interpretation on a couple of counts.
Point 4 of the GR, which is put up on the state government website, states: “Ya sutramadhye kanishth mahavidyalaya staravareel pravesh prakriya hot aahe he gruhit dharun kanishth mahavidyalayastareeya percentile paddhati suchvili aahe.’’ This means that the percentile system should be implemented at the college level.
However, a parent with a law background who scrutinised the GR said the line could also mean that each college should implement its own percentile system. In other words, a college should consider the scores of the top 10 applicants to it from a particular board when calculating percentiles, and not the scores of the overall 10 toppers of that board. Incidentally, this is what the government had initially planned.
The next line in the circular adds to the confusion. “Kendriya Paddhateene pravesh hot aslelya arjancha vichar karoon pahilya 5 kiva 10 vidyarthyanchya gunanchya sarasareene uprokt paddhat vapraata ye-eel.’’ Translated, this means: For a centralised admission process the scores of the top 5 or top 10 students must be taken into account while calculating percentiles.
It is unclear why a centralised admission process is brought up at all. The process is currently used in cities like Pune and requires a central body to admit students to all colleges.
“Why is there a special mention of how to calculate percentiles for the centralised admission procedure. The circular seems to clearly state that this is the rule for the centralised system. Then, for a decentralised system, like in Mumbai, where admissions are done at the college level, the colleges should calculate their own average of the top percentiles,’’ said one parent.
When TOI read out the concerned lines in the GR to a principal, he said the ambiguity was present. State education secretary Sanjay Kumar said it was not possible for the GR to talk of the top 5 or 10 scores for centralised admissions. “You are not looking at the correct GR,’’ he said. However, the GR that TOI referred to is on the Maharashtra government website and the link to it is tagged “Normalisation in 10th standard students’ marks.’’ It is dated June 27, the night the GR was issued.
Kumar said the government was clear on the fact that percentiles would be calculated on the basis of the top 10 scores at the board level.
Mumbai: The state’s government resolution (GR) on marks normalisation for junior college admissions appears to be ambiguous and open to interpretation on a couple of counts.
Point 4 of the GR, which is put up on the state government website, states: “Ya sutramadhye kanishth mahavidyalaya staravareel pravesh prakriya hot aahe he gruhit dharun kanishth mahavidyalayastareeya percentile paddhati suchvili aahe.’’ This means that the percentile system should be implemented at the college level.
However, a parent with a law background who scrutinised the GR said the line could also mean that each college should implement its own percentile system. In other words, a college should consider the scores of the top 10 applicants to it from a particular board when calculating percentiles, and not the scores of the overall 10 toppers of that board. Incidentally, this is what the government had initially planned.
The next line in the circular adds to the confusion. “Kendriya Paddhateene pravesh hot aslelya arjancha vichar karoon pahilya 5 kiva 10 vidyarthyanchya gunanchya sarasareene uprokt paddhat vapraata ye-eel.’’ Translated, this means: For a centralised admission process the scores of the top 5 or top 10 students must be taken into account while calculating percentiles.
It is unclear why a centralised admission process is brought up at all. The process is currently used in cities like Pune and requires a central body to admit students to all colleges.
“Why is there a special mention of how to calculate percentiles for the centralised admission procedure. The circular seems to clearly state that this is the rule for the centralised system. Then, for a decentralised system, like in Mumbai, where admissions are done at the college level, the colleges should calculate their own average of the top percentiles,’’ said one parent.
When TOI read out the concerned lines in the GR to a principal, he said the ambiguity was present. State education secretary Sanjay Kumar said it was not possible for the GR to talk of the top 5 or 10 scores for centralised admissions. “You are not looking at the correct GR,’’ he said. However, the GR that TOI referred to is on the Maharashtra government website and the link to it is tagged “Normalisation in 10th standard students’ marks.’’ It is dated June 27, the night the GR was issued.
Kumar said the government was clear on the fact that percentiles would be calculated on the basis of the top 10 scores at the board level.
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