Go online for junior college admissions
The education department (Mumbai region) is training school principals and computer teachers who can help students to avail of the newly-launched online application system for junior colleges.
Though a demo explaining the online application process is uploaded on the website, the department officials believe that students who are not tech-savvy would want to apply through their schools, as teachers would be able to guide them.
Sheila Tiwari, the deputy secretary (Mumbai region), said, “We have already had workshops for principals. Now, we want to train IT teachers in schools. Students will rely more on their schools to follow the exact procedure for application than themselves.”
The training sessions would get over before the SSC results are out, Tiwari said. She added, “For the first year, we are expecting over 60% of the Std. X students to use the facility.” CBSE and ICSE students can also apply through the website. Information from SSC, CBSE and ICSE boards would also be uploaded on the website.
Students can access their marksheets and other details simply by entering their seat numbers on the website. This would also prevent bogus applications, said Tiwari.
Jitendra Shah, former VJTI professor who mentored the making of the website, said over 25,000 students could go online at any given moment, and that was just a conservative estimate. “We have used multiple servers for the website. Even if one goes down, the other functional servers would ensure that the website keeps running.”