Maharashtra FYJC Admissions: The Maharashtra First Year Junior College (FYJC) admission has seen a definite shift towards the Commerce stream, with Mumbai and surrounding districts leading the way. Despite colleges beginning classes on August 11, admissions are still underway, prompting authorities to open another special round.
Mumbai Leads Total Enrolments
Mumbai, which includes Palghar, Raigad, and Thane, has turned out to be the largest hub with 2.97 lakh students opting for Class XI till now. Of these, Commerce leads in the city, almost 1.49 lakh students have opted for the stream, followed by 1.1 lakh in Science. A mere 36,356 students in Mumbai have taken up Arts.
Statewide, a whopping 6.59 lakh students applied under the Centralised Admission Process (CAP) for Mumbai City and Suburban colleges, of which 1.95 lakh seats were filled. However, only 1.05 lakh students have accepted their seats.
Statewide Stream Preferences
Commerce remains the top draw statewide with 2,95,442 admissions, followed by Science (6,65,295) and Arts (3,51,696). At the district level, Pune remains at the top of Science enrollments (1,28,190), and Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar has seen highest Arts admissions (55,545).
Some other figures of interest:
Pune: 2,31,514
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: 1,62,031
Nashik: 1,46,233
Nagpur: 1,34,433
Special 'Open to All' Round Extended
To provide scope for students yet to secure seats, the Directorate of Education has declared yet another 'Open to All' round from September 3 to 9. This is in addition to the earlier August 29 round, where seats were provided to 38,853 students in streams. Officials explain that this second extension is designed to prevent any eligible student from being left behind.
