FYJC academic year begins after six months of waiting

MUMBAI: Af ter a wait of almost six months, the academic year for First Year Junior College (FYJC) students has begun. Junior colleges have started conducting regular online lectures and said that they do not want to waste any more time and delay academic learning for students though the FYJC online admission process is still on.

Currently, First Come, First Serve (FCFS) round 2 is being conducted for those students who have not yet secured admissions, not been allotted seats or have withdrawn or cancelled their admissions. Over 40,000 students are yet to secure a seat in junior colleges in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR). Junior colleges said they have started regular lectures via online mode in order to avoid academic loss of students. Tarannum Sayyed, a teacher managing FYJC admissions, said, "We started conducting regular online lectures from February instead of waiting for the completion of the FYJC admission online process. Till now, a total of six admission rounds -three general merit rounds, two special and one FCFS round- have been conducted for FYJC online admission.