Students in a fix as govt unsure about e-admission

<p style="text-align: justify;">The state education department&rsquo;s indecisiveness over the upcoming junior college online admissions has angered the parents&rsquo; forum. They have written to school education minister Balasaheb Thorat threatening legal action if the matter is not made clear.<br /><br /><br />The state government is yet to clarify how online admissions will work this year, minus last year&rsquo;s chaos. &ldquo;In less than a month, the Std X exams will start, but students and parents are clueless about how junior college admissions will be managed online.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><br />Furthermore, the government has failed to clarify whether the Maharashtra Knowledge Corporation Ltd (MKCL) will once again be <img style="border: 3px solid black; margin: 3px 4px; float: right;" src="https://images.shiksha.com/mediadata/images/1265713202phpypJIqz.jpeg" alt="" width="150" height="110">involved,&rdquo; said Jayant Jain, President of All India Federation of Parents Teachers Association and Forum for Fairness in Education.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><br />The organisation has also demanded that minority category admissions be made transparent and included in the online process. &ldquo;Last year, a lot of fraudulent admissions took place in the minority category as there was no transparency,&rdquo; Jain added. To avoid a repeat of last year when the MKCL-designed website crashed and delayed the admission process, the forum wants the online process to be optional.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><br />Several city schools have been told by the education department to train teachers and non-teaching staff in computer and internet usage. &ldquo;At a recent meeting with the education department, we were asked to get the teachers as well as non-teaching staff trained in computer and internet. They wanted us to be prepared to help students in filling online forms,&rdquo; said a principal of a Bandra school.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><br />Sources in the education department also claim that several meetings were held over online admissions.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><br />&ldquo;MKCL will be handling the process and there have been several meetings held with them to ensure a foolproof system this year. But, an announcement will be made only when the process is settled,&rdquo; said the source.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Source: http://www.dnaindia.com/</strong></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Date: 9th Feb., 2010</strong></p> <hr /> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>For further details about related courses and colleges please click below:</strong></span></p> <p><a href="https://science.shiksha.com">Related courses and colleges</a></p>