FYJC: Teachers’ body pushes for college-level admissions

Pune: The Maharashtra State Federation of Junior College Teachers has raised serious concerns over the ongoing online admission process for First Year Junior College (FYJC, Std XI) and has demanded that the admissions committee carry out admissions at the college level in upcoming rounds.This year, the state govt implemented a centralised online admission system for FYJC across Maharashtra. However, the federation claimed that this led to widespread confusion, especially in rural areas, where students were still waiting for seats while many colleges had a large number of vacancies. Even after the third merit list was released on Friday, several colleges received only a handful of names, far below expectations.

The federation stated that many colleges haven’t filled even 50% of their intake capacity, and several are concerned about having to reduce the number of FYJC divisions.

Mukund Andhalkar, General Secretary of the federation, said, “We earlier opposed implementing a fully online admission system in rural areas, but our concerns were ignored. Due to a lack of digital awareness, many students couldn’t secure a seat in their preferred colleges.

Despite the SSC (Std X) results being declared on May 13, FYJC classes are yet to begin.”Meanwhile, a total of 70,707 students confirmed their admission to first-year junior college (FYJC) in the third CAP round. As many as 1,11,235 students were allotted seats for FYJC during round III of the Centralised Admission Process (CAP). From the first to the third round, a total of 8,13,727 admissions were confirmed against the 14,29,234 students who applied.Students can apply for round IV of the admission process online on July 28 and 29, until 6.30 pm. The allotted students can confirm their admissions on Aug 1 and 2. All junior colleges and higher secondary schools in the state must start classes for Std XI before Aug 11, 2025, stated an official notification from the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education. On Saturday, 70,707 students confirmed their admission to first-year junior college (FYJC) in the third CAP round. As many as 1,11,235 students were allotted seats during round III of the Centralised Admission Process (CAP). From the first to the third round, a total of 8,13,727 admissions have been confirmed against the 14,29,234 students who applied.