Several students and parents make eleventh-hour dash for Mumbai as they learn mark-sheets need to be procured from designated centres there for admission to city colleges affiliated to other boards
Several students and parents make eleventh-hour dash for Mumbai as they learn mark-sheets need to be procured from designated centres there for admission to city colleges affiliated to other boards
Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) students who have just cleared their Std X exams from other states and want admission in city colleges have been facing difficulties ever since the CBSE decided to issue only grade certificates instead of detailed mark-sheets. Several students from other states are vying for admissions in colleges like Fergusson and Marathawda Mitra Mandal College of Commerce (MMCC) and are having a tough time going about it. Parents of these students have expressed their displeasure at having to procure mark-sheets from Mumbai.
Mission admission: Students and parents go through the process for
admission to FYJC in city colleges. Pic/Krunal Gosavi
The CBSE issues only grade-sheets instead of mark-sheets and students wanting admissions in colleges affiliated to other boards have to get mark-sheets issued from designated CBSE schools in Mumbai. This is particularly required for those who fall in the category of Out of Maharashtra Students (OMS) and wish to take admissions in city colleges.
Cumbersome
Students and parents, who did not wish to be named fearing it might affect their admission prospects, called the process cumbersome. At Fergusson, several students and parents said that the deadline was today.
A parent from Indore in Madhya Pradesh who was accompanying his son for his admission said they had already procured their ward's mark-sheet from the designated centre in Mumbai.
"Going all the way to Mumbai just for procuring a mark-sheet is silly. They should not have not stopped issuing mark-sheets in the first place," he said. Another parent from Delhi said that said that he had already procured his son's mark-sheet from Mumbai.
"Luckily, my son had appeared for the board exam itself so there is no worry about provisional admissions. CBSE should have publicised the facility to procure marksheets from Mumbai widely. Not all parents would be able to find out and some may miss out on admission," he said.
At Marathwada Mitra Mandal College of Commerce (MMCC), a parent from Hyderabad said that he did not know about the mark-sheet rule and said that he would immediately have to rush to Mumbai. "Tomorrow is the last date and I will have to get my son's grade-sheet converted into a mark-sheet. It is too difficult to manage all this in just one day," he said. "What will happen if I miss the admission date if the mark-sheet is not issued in time?"
A parent of a ward from the ICSE board said that the centralised form is also very difficult to read, which was causing complications. "They should have made it more understandable, which will reduce mistakes during filling it up," said the parent. Asked if he found it unfair that CBSE's internal students were being admitted, he said that CBSE students were getting provisional admissions, which was fair enough.
"Had they got permanent admission on the basis of their internal exams, it would have been unfair," he said.
Jaya Venkatraman, principal of DAV Public School in Aundh, said that for CBSE students from the city, the school was printing marks on the school's letterhead, which can be used as a mark-sheet. "For concerned parents, we have attached a copy of the CBSE directive which asks all schools to take necessary measures for assisting students and parents with admissions," she said. Venkatraman, however, admitted that it was cumbersome to have to go to Mumbai for the mark-sheet.
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