State students brace for HC’s 90:10 ruling

Swati Deshpande | TNN

Mumbai: Around 13 lakh students eligible for junior college admissions across the state face a D-day of sorts today with the Bombay high court expected to rule on the state government’s controversial 90:10 proposal, which seeks to reserve up to 90% of seats in junior colleges for SSC students.

A lawyer, whose daughter studied in an ICSE school, had challenged the government’s proposal in court.

While 12.78 lakh SSC students cleared the Std X board exams in the state this year, 7,500 ICSE students and 16,359 CBSE students also cleared their exams. If the court gives the proposal the go-ahead, then the ICSE and CBSE students’ chances of getting into premier colleges would be greatly reduced. In Mumbai, 2.63 lakh SSC students cleared their exams. The HC had last week fixed July 29 as the last date of hearing.