30-06-2025
Maharashtra: Over 40,000 junior college admissions confirmed on first day, 5,497 in Pune district
Over 40,000 students in Maharashtra confirmed their Class 11 junior college admissions till 6 pm on Monday, the first day of registrations. As per the first Central Admission Process List released on Saturday evening, 6,32,194 students were allotted junior colleges out of the total 10,66,005 applicants. Students are now required to confirm their admissions physically at the respective allotted colleges from June 30 to July 7.
In the Pune divisional region, 10,835 students confirmed their admissions as per the information provided by the Deputy Director of Education. Of these, 5,497 students are from the Pune district, 2,988 students are from Solapur district, and 2,350 are from the Ahilyanagar district. Seven colleges in Pune district had over 80 percent of total seats allotted to students in the list announced on Saturday. This includes Brihan Maharashtra College of Commerce (BMCC), Fergusson College, Mahilashram High School & Junior College, Laxmanrao Apte Prashala, Vidya Pratishthan Arts Science and Commerce Junior College, Poona College of Arts Science & Commerce, and Bhaurao Patil Vidyamandir Junior College. BMCC had the highest allotment with 462 out of 480 seats allotted.
Science stream most popular overall, district-wise variations
In the state, the science stream had the highest allotment in the list related on Saturday with 3,42,801 students being allotted seats. Over 1,49,791 students were allotted seats in the arts stream while 1,39,602 students were allotted seats in the commerce stream.
The trend was similar in the Pune divisional region with 68,272 students being allotted seats in the science stream. However, here, the commerce stream was second with 26,779 seats allotted and the arts stream third with 21,240 seats allotted.
A different trend was seen in Mumbai divisional region as the commerce stream took the top rank with 69,107 allotments. The science stream was second with 54,234 allotments and the arts stream a distant third with 16,602 allotments.
In Nagpur, commerce was the least popular stream with just 7,400 allotments and science was the most popular stream with 38,191 allotments. The arts stream was second with 21,416 allotments. Commerce was the least popular stream in regions like Amravati, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Kolhapur, Latur, and Nashik as well.
