State topper on par with CBSE & ICSE high-scorers
Mumbai: Who says SSC are a rung below ICSE and CBSE students? This year, Maharashtra’s SSC topper equalled the score of the Mumbai CBSE topper, and came second to the ICSE topper by a miniscule 0.4%. However, the overall pass percentage of the state board — that reaches out to the masses — remains well below its elite counterparts. (See box).
While the ICSE and CBSE boards came close to a cent per cent success rate, the SSC board’s pass percentage was 80.18% this year. Last year, for the first time, the SSC board included a component of internal assessment, already in place for the national boards, which helped boost the pass percentage across the region.
It’s important to note, however, that the number of students appearing for the ICSE examination across the country is only a third of those who take the state board exams from the Mumbai division alone.
This year, despite a 2.24% dip in the SSC pass percentage from the city, Shridhar Salunkhe, the chairperson for the Mumbai division of the state board, said that an additional 4,500 students had cleared the exam. “But we will ensure that not a single student will be deprived of a seat. And that’s not all: they will get a seat in a stream of their preference,” he added.
The Mumbai division, which includes Thane and Raigad, has a total of 2.72 lakh seats in junior colleges. With 2.63 lakh students clearing the boards, the state will be able to keep its promise. Sources in the school education department said the government is also looking at fresh applications that have poured in from managements desiring to start new colleges.
ADMISSION SCHEDULE
JUNE 26 - JULY 3: Fill the online form, and submit 2 print-outs them at a centre
JULY 4-6: Sorting out mistakes and attending to grievances
JULY 14: Display of first merit list in all junior colleges
JULY 15-20: Admission to college, payment of fees
JULY 24: Second merit list to be displayed
JULY 25-28: Admission to college and payment of fees
JULY 31: Display of third merit in all junior colleges
AUGUST 1-3: Admission to college alloted, fee payment
AUGUST 4 AND ONWARDS:
Students without a seat will be alloted one on the basis of their preferences, stream and medium of instruction
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Mumbai: Who says SSC are a rung below ICSE and CBSE students? This year, Maharashtra’s SSC topper equalled the score of the Mumbai CBSE topper, and came second to the ICSE topper by a miniscule 0.4%. However, the overall pass percentage of the state board — that reaches out to the masses — remains well below its elite counterparts. (See box).
While the ICSE and CBSE boards came close to a cent per cent success rate, the SSC board’s pass percentage was 80.18% this year. Last year, for the first time, the SSC board included a component of internal assessment, already in place for the national boards, which helped boost the pass percentage across the region.
It’s important to note, however, that the number of students appearing for the ICSE examination across the country is only a third of those who take the state board exams from the Mumbai division alone.
This year, despite a 2.24% dip in the SSC pass percentage from the city, Shridhar Salunkhe, the chairperson for the Mumbai division of the state board, said that an additional 4,500 students had cleared the exam. “But we will ensure that not a single student will be deprived of a seat. And that’s not all: they will get a seat in a stream of their preference,” he added.
The Mumbai division, which includes Thane and Raigad, has a total of 2.72 lakh seats in junior colleges. With 2.63 lakh students clearing the boards, the state will be able to keep its promise. Sources in the school education department said the government is also looking at fresh applications that have poured in from managements desiring to start new colleges.
ADMISSION SCHEDULE
JUNE 26 - JULY 3: Fill the online form, and submit 2 print-outs them at a centre
JULY 4-6: Sorting out mistakes and attending to grievances
JULY 14: Display of first merit list in all junior colleges
JULY 15-20: Admission to college, payment of fees
JULY 24: Second merit list to be displayed
JULY 25-28: Admission to college and payment of fees
JULY 31: Display of third merit in all junior colleges
AUGUST 1-3: Admission to college alloted, fee payment
AUGUST 4 AND ONWARDS:
Students without a seat will be alloted one on the basis of their preferences, stream and medium of instruction
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