SSC evaluators’ fees delayed by four months
Most colleges closed their first list above 90%. St Xaviers College closed its list for the Arts stream at 94.2%, while the cut-off for the same stream at Ruia College was 92.2%. NM College in Vile Parle recorded the highest cut-off for Commerce at 94.2%, while Pace Junior College at Andheri closed their first list for Science at 93.5%.
Over 2.1 lakh students have registered for admissions in the MMR region this year, of which over 50,000 students confirmed their seats in the first round. There are close to 3.1 seats across city colleges this year. Students who are allotted seats in the first list have to secure their admissions between July 16 and 18.
Over 7,000 students who were allotted a college of their first preference haven’t confirmed their admissions and would have to wait until end of three admission rounds to apply again. MUMBAI : Admissions to undergraduate medical and dental seats are once again facing trouble with two separate petitions being filed at the Bombay high court and the Apex Court by the aspirants and the parents.
One petition has been filed by a student from Tamil Nadu at the Supreme Court to quash a recent order by the Madurai bench of the Madras high court, ordering the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to grant 196 grace marks to all the students who attempted the National Eligibility-cum-entrance Test (NEET) in Tamil this year. After a petition filed at the Madras HC highlighted that 49 questions included in the Tamil version of the NEET question paper was mistranslated from the English version, leaving 24,000 students at a disadvantage, the court directed CBSE to grant grace marks for each of these questions. “The Madras HC decision gives advantage to students who gave the exam in Tamil, but a big disadvantage to others ,” said a student. Admissions to all India quota (AIQ) seats were suspended by the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) following the Madras HC order. Meanwhile, parents of students aiming for seats in Maharashtra based medical and dental colleges are now filing a separate petition at the HC, seeking clarity on the domicile criteria.
SHREYA BHANDARY MUMBAI : The remuneration of thousands of teachers who evaluated and moderated the answer sheets of Class 10 of Maharashtra education board, have been delayed for around four months since the checking of the papers.
Maharashtra State Board of secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE) conducted the exams in March 2018.
The teachers are sent the answer sheets two to three days after the respective papers are over. The education board announced the results of Class 10 on June 8. Even after a month of the result declaration, the teachers are yet to get their dues.
Rajesh Pandya, vice president, Teacher’s Democratic Front (TDF) said, “Teachers have to beg for their dues despite working hard on evaluation. Why does it take so long when the entire process is online?”
Earlier, the dues would be given in cash at the time of issuing the mark sheets to the students. In 2016, the state education department had made the process online. “It seems like the offline system was much better. At least, we used to get our dues on time ,“added Pandya.
Over the last few years, teachers have been demanding the board to increase the remuneration for evaluating the papers. Currently, an evaluator gets a maximum of ₹five for a paper.
However, an official from the board said that the process of online transfer has been initiated.