Though the variety of college students who’ve scored “very excessive” has come down this yr in comparison with the 2 pandemic years when the board examinations had been both curtailed or not held in any respect, the variety of college students who’ve scored above 90% remains to be a lot increased than the seats high schools and universities have on provide.
Near 7 lakh college students from three essential boards have cleared Plus II this yr. There are lower than 25,000 seats in high Kolkata schools that entice functions not solely from the whole state however the whole jap and north-eastern areas.
There are nonetheless 10 days left for the scholars to use however most schools have already obtained functions which are over 5 instances their whole consumption capability. Purposes in some schools have even exceeded 10 instances the full seat power.
The whole consumption capability at Presidency College is 665 however the variety of functions has crossed a number of instances over, stated a member of the admission committee. The college couldn’t maintain admission check because of paucity of time and admission will probably be on the idea of Class XII board outcomes. “There are 10 extra days to go until the scholars can apply. We predict the variety of functions to extend manifolds by then,” stated the official.
At Maulana Azad Faculty, too, the variety of functions has crossed the consumption capability by 5 folds. “Now we have obtained excessive variety of functions in English, economics, physics, microbiology, historical past and different topics,” stated an official. Goenka Faculty of Commerce and Enterprise Administration is likely one of the most sought-after schools within the metropolis to review commerce. The functions have exceeded 5,000 for 549 seats right here.
At Scottish Church Faculty, Bethune and Woman Brabourne Faculty, the place UG seats are lower than 1,000, functions have already crossed a number of hundreds. “Some topics should not have many takers however in different topics, the competitors could be very robust. Regardless of scoring excessive, some college students would possibly miss out on admission by lower than a mark in lots of instances,” stated the principal of a good school in south Kolkata.