Nagpur: Alleging that the Class XI Centralised Admission Process (CAP) failed to deliver results as over 20,000 seats remain vacant every year, Mukhyadhyapak Sangh of Nagpur demanded that the process should be scrapped. The Sangh also added that the institutions should be allowed to do admissions to Class XI at their individual level.
A joint meeting of headmasters of higher secondary schools, school directors and related teachers was organised at the Headmasters Home Auditorium, Laxmi Nagar, under the leadership of ex President of Mukhyadhyapak Sangh Chandrakant Jaidand. 35 representatives including Ravindra Fadnavis, Kishore Masurkar, Ramesh Bakshi, Ashok Gavhankar, Sapan Mehrotra, Ram Wanjari, Madhusudan Mude were present in the meeting.
The meeting has decided to give memorandums to Members of Parliament, Members of Legislature to draw their attention towards this very sensitive issue. Ravindra Fadnavis said, “The Centralised Admission Process did not yield any result. We had given a proposal of its closure on three occasions but no decision was taken. Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar has stopped the process,” he said.
Recently, a meeting of headmasters was held in Shivaji Science College in Nagpur regarding the central admission system. It was told in the meeting that this time around 200 junior colleges of the city would participate in the CAP round. About 54,000 seats are available in Science, Arts, Commerce and MCVC in these colleges. Last year only 32,000 seats could be filled. 22,000 seats were left vacant.
Fadnavis alleged that the CAP is helping only the institutions having tie-ups with private coaching classes. Seats remain vacant in many arts and commerce colleges. Colleges have to bear losses due to seat vacancy. This trend has been going on for the last several years. Despite this, the education department is not paying serious attention, pointed out Fadnavis.
A delegation of headmasters association has decided to approach Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to demand scrapping of the Centralized Admission Process (CAP) for junior colleges in Nagpur.
In a meeting held on Friday, the Headmasters Association (Nagpur district) passed a resolution that CAP is no longer needed for the city.
Ashok Gavhankar, General Secretary of Vidarbha Junior College Teachers Association (VJCTA), said that over 20 city junior colleges were shut in 2023 due to lack of admissions.
He added that out of 56,000 seats for Std XI, only 32,000 were filled. “The CAP committee was established in 2002 because the student intake was very low at that time, but the situation has changed now,” he said.
He also said that the mindset of parents has changed, and their preference for Arts and Commerce streams, especially in the Marathi medium, has reduced drastically. “Moreover, there is a lot of inclination towards opting for coaching institutes rather than attending regular college,” Gavhankar said.
