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- The Hindu
Plus One applicants from north Kerala districts get short shrift this year too
Even as Plus One admissions drew to a close in Kerala, a large number of applicants from north Kerala districts and Thrissur have not been able to secure seats of their choice. Data sourced from the Education department by Malabar Education Movement, a Kozhikode-based non-governmental organisation, show that even after the 30% marginal increase in seats announced by the government, there is a gap of 53,996 seats between the number of applicants and the seats available in higher secondary and vocational higher secondary streams, Industrial Training Institutes (ITI), and polytechnic colleges. A total of 4.22 lakh students in the State became eligible for higher studies when the SSLC exam results were announced. The total number of seats available across districts is 3.85 lakh. There were 2,46,879 applicants from the north Kerala districts and Thrissur, where only 1,92,883 seats are available. The crisis is most severe in Malappuram district. Though 79,152 students became eligible for higher studies there, only 52,750 seats are available across streams. K. Abdul Nassar and O. Akshay Kumar, members of the organisation, say that even those who get seats are forced to sit in congested classrooms. Though the National Education Policy and various expert committees appointed by the State government suggest that each classroom should accommodate only 30 to 50 students, 65 to 72 students are found studying in classrooms in north Kerala's higher secondary schools. Mr. Nassar and Mr. Akshay point out that there are fewer science batches in the north Kerala districts compared with other regions. The Education department has been announcing temporary batches for the past five years to address the shortage in Plus One seats, but no steps are taken to make them permanent. Though some of the vacant Plus One batches from the southern districts are shifted here in recent years, teachers' posts are not transferred along with them. This defeats the whole purpose of the shifting, they add.
India Today
2 days ago
- India Today
CBSE raids 15 schools across 7 states to crack down on dummy admissions
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has launched a surprise crackdown on dummy school enrolments. On Friday, CBSE teams carried out inspections at 15 schools across seven states and Union Territories, including Delhi, Chandigarh, Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and West school was inspected by a team made up of a CBSE officer and a principal from another CBSE-affiliated inspections were timed together within a short window to ensure schools didn't get any heads-up. The goal? To check if schools were secretly enroling students who don't attend classes, especially those preparing for entrance exams like NEET or JEE.'These surprise visits were aimed at finding out whether schools were following board rules and not registering non-attending or dummy students,' a CBSE official said. They also reviewed academic activity and the school's basic DUMMY ADMISSIONS MATTERDummy admissions are a growing trend. Many students preparing for engineering or medical exams skip regular school to focus on coaching classes. They enrol in schools just to appear for board exams, without actually another angle too. Students take dummy admissions in other states to gain access to state quotas for college example, finishing Class 12 from Delhi makes students eligible for the Delhi quota in medical and engineering colleges, giving dummy enrolments an extra HAPPENS NEXT?CBSE says it will review inspection reports and take action if rules are broken. 'We are committed to maintaining academic standards and will keep enforcing strict measures,' the official added.(With PTI inputs)- Ends
News18
2 days ago
- News18
CBSE conducts surprise inspection at 15 schools to check dummy enrolments
New Delhi, Aug 1 (PTI) The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Friday conducted a surprise inspection at 15 schools in seven states and Union Territories to check any violation of norms including enrolment of dummy or non-attending students, according to officials. 'The CBSE has conducted a series of surprise inspections in 15 schools across Delhi, Chandigarh, Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. There were 15 teams, consisting of an officer of the Board and a principal of a school affiliated with the Board, deployed for conducting the inspections. 'All of the inspections were executed in a synchronised manner at the same time in a short window to ensure that the surprise element remains intact so as to get accurate information about working and operations of the schools, which were inspected on their respective dates of inspection," a senior board official said. The official explained that the primary objective of the surprise inspections was to probe, scout out and ascertain whether the schools were functioning in compliance with the Board's norms as per the bylaws of the Board and are not enrolling non-attending students while maintaining the academic and physical infrastructure in the school. 'Further, necessary action shall be taken after considering the reports of the inspection committee. CBSE is committed to upholding educational standards and will persist in enforcing stringent measures against any violations of its regulations," the official added. Scores of students preparing for engineering and medical entrance exams prefer to take admission in dummy schools so that they can focus solely on their preparations for competitive exams. They do not attend classes and straightaway appear in the board exams. Aspirants also choose dummy schools to take advantage of state-specific quotas for admissions to medical and engineering colleges. For example, candidates who complete their senior secondary education in Delhi become eligible for the Delhi state quota in medical and engineering colleges, giving them an additional incentive to enrol in dummy schools in the capital. PTI GJS GJS KSS KSS (This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed - PTI) view comments First Published: August 01, 2025, 20:30 IST Disclaimer: Comments reflect users' views, not News18's. Please keep discussions respectful and constructive. Abusive, defamatory, or illegal comments will be removed. News18 may disable any comment at its discretion. By posting, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
