State to launch app for FYJC admissions, fees to be paid online

MUMBAI: The state education department on Sunday said it will launch a mobile application to facilitate the admission process for first-year junior colleges (FYJCS) in the coming days, amid the Covid-19 outbreak and the ensuing lockdown. The colleges will also grant provisional admissions to students, and the fee payment procedure would be online, to prevent students and parents from gathering at the colleges. Students from the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) can fill part 1 of the admission form from August 1 and get details of admissions on https://mumbai.11thadmission.org.in.

While the state education department is yet to declare the dates for Class 10, they are expected to be out by the end of the month.

The information booklet, which helps students with the admission process, will also be made available online.

“This year, due to the Covid-19 outbreak, students cannot visit colleges, and hence we decided to hold the admission process online to ensure there is zero contact. Students can easily fill out their forms online and upload their documents on the portal,” said Rajendra Ahire, deputy director, Mumbai region.

Students who apply for admissions under the various quotas can visit their respective schools, where help desks would be set up to guide them with the procedure. Those from other boards or from other parts of the state or country can visit one of the guidance centres set up by the department.

“They can go with copies of their documents to these centres and get them verified. Then the entire process would happen remotely,” added Ahire.

Until Saturday, around 1.25 lakh students filled out mock admission forms.

For this academic year, around 3.19 lakh seats will be up for grabs across 819 MMR colleges.