FYJC Special Round 1 Admissions Complete; 41533 Seats Still Vacant, Check Details Here


FYJC Admission 2020 MaharashtraThe first special round of the First Year Junior College (FYJC) admissions completed on December 31, 2020. Following the admission process, it was found that a total of 17,722 students were allotted the seats of which 15,095 students have completed their admission process in this round.

The reports stated that a large number of students have still not confirmed their admission and as of today, 41,533 seats are vacant across streams in the Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad region.

Previously, in the first, second, and third regular round of the admissions, 40,013, 23,120 and 12,461 seats were allotted respectively by the education department.

As the three normal rounds and the first special round has been completed, the education department will display the vacancy list of the special round online..

Due to the interim stay given by the Supreme Court (SC) on the implementation of the quota for the Maratha community in jobs and education, the state education department had stopped the admission process for Class 11 (FYJC) since September 9 and it resumed back from November 26.

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FYJC Admission: Interim Stay by SC on the Quota for the Maratha Community

Earlier, the Supreme Court (SC) ordered an interim stay on the implementation of the quota for the Maratha community in jobs and education. 

Following the decision of SC, the state education department had stopped the admission process for Class 11 (FYJC) since September 9 and it resumed back from November 26.

As per sources, this year for Class 11 admission process, a total of 68,072 students were eligible for the first round, 46,794 for the second round and 33,661 for the third round of admission in 304 colleges of Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad area.

In the first special round, 20,347 students were eligible for admissions. The total intake of seats this year was 1, 07,030 in Pune region, till now 60,182 students have completed the admission process in all the three regular rounds and now 41,533 seats are still vacant.

“The first special round of admissions is now over and still a large number of students have not yet confirmed their admissions. Students and their parents wait to get admission in a few prominent colleges which are not possible from now as the entire process is centralised. Students need to understand this as they need to take admission as per their marks and in the college which cut off is close to their marks.” said Meena Shendkar, assistant director of education.

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