Mumbai: Last round of First Year of Junior College admissions over

A classroom cleaning session at Sion’s SIES College. Colleges in Mumbai have been shut since last March with both classes and exams being conducted online. There’s a chance that colleges may open on February 22. Pic/Suresh Karkera

A total of 36,897 students remain without seats at the end of the centralised online admissions process for the First Year of Junior College (FYJC) for the academic year of 2020-2021. Students still seeking admissions will have to secure these at individual colleges through the offline method.

After much delay in beginning the process of admission because of the pandemic, lockdown and subsequent confusion over Maratha reservation, the FYJC admissions process finally wrapped up on Saturday. While the classes have already begun, this was a process for those who hadn't secured the seats in the previous rounds conducted between November 2020 and January 2021.

The final round of First Come First Served (FCFS) concluded on Saturday. A total of 4,909 students were allotted seats in this round, of which 4,526 have confirmed their admissions. However, 77,711 seats still remain vacant after the end of this final round.

"The remaining students will have to approach individual colleges for admissions through the offline process," said Visual Solanki, commissioner of education. At the end of FYJC admissions process, a total of 2,22,974 students were admitted out of total of 2,59,871 students.

4,909
Total number of students who were allotted seats in the final round which concluded on Saturday