We didn’t score 100 per cent, six FYJC general merit list ‘toppers’ say
Students scramble to set things right; officials suspect applicants from outside Mumbai Metropolitan Region made a mistake while filling forms.
Students discovered a glaring but inadvertent error in the First Year Junior College (FYJC) general merit list released on Monday. None of the six students who were listed as having a perfect score actually got 100 per cent in their exams The students were left scrambling to rectify the error—Wednesday was the final day to make corrections to the forms—Mumbai colleges will be declaring their first merit list on June 27.
Bhagyashree, the sister of Saurabh Pomendkar, a Dapoli student who was listed as having scored 100 per cent, said her brother actually scored 60 per cent. “He filled his FYJC admission at a cybercafé. While we did not know that his name featured in the top six students, we realised that there was some error. The marks were wrongly entered,” Bhagyashree said.
Officials suspect that five of these students, who are from outside the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, may have erred while filling in their online FYJC admission forms.
“While the marks of students from Mumbai are automatically reflected in the admission form, students from outside Mumbai Metropolitan Region need to fill in their marks. It seems as if these students mistakenly entered the total marks for the exams (500) into the marks obtained column,” said BB Chavan, Deputy Director of Education.
Three thousand students from outside the Mumbai Metropolitan Region have applied to city colleges this year.
Prajakta Kadav, a student from the Mumbai Metropolitan Region who was listed as one of the top scorers said she had no clue about what went wrong. “I scored 71.40 per cent, but the general merit list showed that I had scored 100 per cent,” Kadav said.
Chavan said that a technical glitch could be responsible for mistakes in the cases of students from the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, adding that the admission centres that missed these errors will be questioned.
Students discovered a glaring but inadvertent error in the First Year Junior College (FYJC) general merit list released on Monday. None of the six students who were listed as having a perfect score actually got 100 per cent in their exams The students were left scrambling to rectify the error—Wednesday was the final day to make corrections to the forms—Mumbai colleges will be declaring their first merit list on June 27.
Bhagyashree, the sister of Saurabh Pomendkar, a Dapoli student who was listed as having scored 100 per cent, said her brother actually scored 60 per cent. “He filled his FYJC admission at a cybercafé. While we did not know that his name featured in the top six students, we realised that there was some error. The marks were wrongly entered,” Bhagyashree said.
Rohit Bhambare, who was also listed as a top scorer, scored 62 per cent. Bhambare said he filled in his form at an admission centre in Padgha, Kalyan. “While it is true that there was a mistake on our end, the admission centre that approved the form should have brought this to our notice,” Bhambare said. An admission centre official said he was not aware of any such errors.
Officials suspect that five of these students, who are from outside the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, may have erred while filling in their online FYJC admission forms.
“While the marks of students from Mumbai are automatically reflected in the admission form, students from outside Mumbai Metropolitan Region need to fill in their marks. It seems as if these students mistakenly entered the total marks for the exams (500) into the marks obtained column,” said BB Chavan, Deputy Director of Education.
Three thousand students from outside the Mumbai Metropolitan Region have applied to city colleges this year.
Prajakta Kadav, a student from the Mumbai Metropolitan Region who was listed as one of the top scorers said she had no clue about what went wrong. “I scored 71.40 per cent, but the general merit list showed that I had scored 100 per cent,” Kadav said.
Chavan said that a technical glitch could be responsible for mistakes in the cases of students from the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, adding that the admission centres that missed these errors will be questioned.
