Nagpur's CAP: A 25-Year Journey Of Transformation
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Nagpur: As Nagpur's
Common Admission Process
(CAP) for Class 11 completes its 25th year, the merger with new statewide admission portal marks its journey of complete transformation.
It all started in 2000, when senior academics led by Baban Taywade pushed for CAP to ease out admission woes for students.
Till then students would flock to individual colleges, buy everyone's prospectus and fill multiple forms.
The veterans back then envisioned that there should be a single form filled for
admissions in Nagpur
, and that's how CAP started.
When it made its debut, Nagpur's CAP initially covered only science and commerce streams due to limited interest in arts. Participation of colleges was voluntary, but the education department's persistent efforts gradually brought all city colleges on board.
However, the journey was far from smooth. In 2005, CAP was entirely scrapped due to disagreements among colleges, only to be revived in 2006. By 2012, the commerce stream opted out, leaving only science in the admission pool.
Nagpur's CAP also lagged in digital adoption. Until 2017, it operated partially offline, with form submissions done manually while merit lists and admissions were online.
That year, then-education secretary Nand Kumar enforced a fully online system and mandated participation from all streams and colleges, aligning Nagpur with modern standards.
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This shift laid the groundwork for the current pan-Maharashtra CAP, which now allows students from remote areas to secure seats in top colleges based on merit. As Nagpur's CAP integrates into the state's unified platform, it reflects a remarkable transition from a fragmented, optional process to a streamlined, inclusive system, revolutionising access to education across Maharashtra.
TIMELINE
2000 - CAP started for nagpur city colleges. Science, commerce and art streams included
2001 - Arts dropped due to poor response
2005 - Entire CAP system put on hold due to internal differences between colleges
2006 - CAP resumes for science and commerce
2012 - Commerce stream dropped from CAP
2013 - Various colleges call for scrapping CAP
2014 - Proposal to restart CAP for all streams
2017 –
Nagpur CAP
shifts completely online, from earlier partial offline mode
2025 – Nagpur CAP merges with state's common online platform
Nagpur: As Nagpur's Common Admission Process (CAP) for Class 11 completes its 25th year, the merger with new statewide admission portal marks its journey of complete transformation.
It all started in 2000, when senior academics led by Baban Taywade pushed for CAP to ease out admission woes for students. Till then students would flock to individual colleges, buy everyone's prospectus and fill multiple forms. The veterans back then envisioned that there should be a single form filled for admissions in Nagpur, and that's how CAP started.
When it made its debut, Nagpur's CAP initially covered only science and commerce streams due to limited interest in arts.
Participation of colleges was voluntary, but the education department's persistent efforts gradually brought all city colleges on board. However, the journey was far from smooth. In 2005, CAP was entirely scrapped due to disagreements among colleges, only to be revived in 2006. By 2012, the commerce stream opted out, leaving only science in the admission pool.
Nagpur's CAP also lagged in digital adoption. Until 2017, it operated partially offline, with form submissions done manually while merit lists and admissions were online.
That year, then-education secretary Nand Kumar enforced a fully online system and mandated participation from all streams and colleges, aligning Nagpur with modern standards. This shift laid the groundwork for the current pan-Maharashtra CAP, which now allows students from remote areas to secure seats in top colleges based on merit. As Nagpur's CAP integrates into the state's unified platform, it reflects a remarkable transition from a fragmented, optional process to a streamlined, inclusive system, revolutionising access to education across Maharashtra.
TIMELINE
2000 - CAP started for nagpur city colleges. Science, commerce and art streams included
2001 - Arts dropped due to poor response
2005 - Entire CAP system put on hold due to internal differences between colleges
2006 - CAP resumes for science and commerce
2012 - Commerce stream dropped from CAP
2013 - Various colleges call for scrapping CAP
2014 - Proposal to restart CAP for all streams
2017 – Nagpur CAP shifts completely online, from earlier partial offline mode
2025 – Nagpur CAP merges with state's common online platform
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