Cut-offs of junior colleges continued to stay higher as the third merit list for First Year Junior College (FYJC) admission was declared on line on Tuesday. Around 45,402 students have been allotted seats out of 1,16,080 applications against a vacancy of 1,19,171 seats in junior colleges in the third merit round in the Mumbai area.
Junior colleges stated much less quantity of students had been allotted seats each in the second and third merit round compared to the 1st merit round. The reduce-offs stood at 94.2 per cent for Science, 94 per cent for Commerce and 90.8 per cent for Arts at VG Vaze Kelkar College, Mulund. It was 88.6 per cent for Science at St Xavier’s College, Fort. And it was 92.6 per cent for Commerce, 92.4 per cent for Arts and 88.8 per cent for Science at Jai Hind College, Churchgate.
In the third merit round, out of 45,402 students, 28,839 students have been allotted seats below Commerce, 12,453 below Science, 3,908 below Arts and 202 below HSVC (Vocational) stream for FYJC. A total of 1,19,171 vacant seats had been obtainable for the third merit round in 844 junior colleges in Mumbai area, according to the state School Education Department.
Students who have been allotted seats can safe admissions on line in respective junior colleges from 11.30 am on December 15 to 5 pm on December 18, 2020. Following this, the list of vacant seats for particular rounds, which includes management, minority and in-residence quota seats surrendered by junior colleges, will be displayed at 10 am on December 20. Timetable for additional particular rounds will be declared thereafter by the state School Education Department as the third list was the final basic merit list.
Till now, more than 1.16 lakh students have been admitted to FYJC against more than 3.20 lakh vacant seats in junior colleges of Mumbai area immediately after the finish of the second merit round.