• Std XI CAP list to be out on July 21 •

Pune Edition 18th July 2008

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END OF A LONG WAIT

Pune: The list showing distribution of Std. XI seats under the centralised admission process (CAP) for junior colleges in the city and Pimpri-Chinchwad will be out on July 21 at 5 pm, G.K. Mhamane, divisional deputy director for education, said here on Thursday.

The CAP authorities are in the process of finalising the details, including booklets of cut-off marks and seat distribution, which are to be given to the 550-plus junior colleges. “The process will take a few days and we will release the list on July 21,” Mhamane, who heads the CAP, told TOI.

Against a collective admission capacity of 50,565 seats, the CAP has received 49,605 applications. The science and commerce streams have drawn an excess demand in view of the large number of students clearing the SSC exam this year.

Sources said, the authorities were awaiting the outcome of the legal tussle in the Bombay High Court over the state government’s decision to introduce the percentile system for normalisation of the SSC marks. The move was to bring the SSC students’ performance at par with their counterparts from national boards like CBSE and ICSE.

The high court was expected to settle the issue on Thursday but, the matter has been put off till July 24. “Since there is no stay on the admission process, we decided to go ahead with the release of the list,” Mhamane said.