
Govt. to decide on vacant seats after Plus One admissions: Minister
After the completion of this year's Plus One admissions, the government will examine and decide what to do with seats that regularly remain vacant, Minister for General Education V. Sivankutty has said.
At a press conference here on Tuesday, the Minister said a number of seats was likely to remain vacant, particularly in Malappuram, after completion of the admission process.
The Minister underlined that the Plus One main phase allotment and admission had been completed without any protests as the government had taken care to ensure that the batches temporarily sanctioned and shifted in previous years had been included in the seat matrix for allotment.
Guidelines for submitting applications had also been published along with publication of results. The number of students who had got A+ grade had also come down.
Praveshanolsavam
Mr. Sivankutty said that for the first time ever, a Praveshanolsavam would be held for Plus One higher secondary students to mark the start of their classes at 9 a.m. on Wednesday.
The State-level inauguration would be held at Government Model Boys Higher Secondary School, Thycaud, here at 9 a.m.
The Minister said that 2.11 lakh students had taken permanent admission in merit quota till Monday evening. In the sports quota, it was 3,428 and in model residential school it was 1,045.
As many as 13,609 students had taken admission in community quota; 6,840 in management quota; and 3,826 in unaided quota.
In all, 2,40,533 lakh students had taken permanent Plus One admission.
As many as 4,24,583 students had passed the SSLC examinations, while 4,63,686 had applied for Plus One admission. As many as 45,851 applicants had submitted applications in more than one district, the Minister said.
Incorrect entry
Students who had entered their community incorrectly in the applications and so could not take admission in their allotted schools can correct the errors and apply for supplementary allotment. Vacancies and other details for supplementary allotment will be published on June 28.
Management quota admissions will be completed on June 27 and the remaining vacancies included for supplementary allotment.
SAY exams
The Save-a-Year (SAY) examinations would be held in 572 centres in the State, Lakshadweep, and Gulf countries from June 23 to 27. As many as 1.19 lakh students will sit for the examinations. Improvement can be held in one subject. Students who failed can attempt all papers.
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