High scorers who failed to get a seat in top city colleges are now making a beeline for management quota seats.
The new percentile system has helped students with high marks to increase their scores by another four to five percentages. Though several colleges have merged the management and general quotas, a few have decided against such a merger.
“We have merged the two quotas. There are no management seats from this year. Meritorious students are given a preference. We took the decision before starting the admissions because meritorious students were left with few choices of seats,” Samir Somaiya, trustee of Somaiya-Vidyavihar, said.
“The management runs more than 30 institutions in the city. And admissions are on in four of our colleges.” He said students scoring in 80s too have tried to get admissions in the management quota.
A trustee from one of the top colleges in the central suburbs said, “We have refused several students under the management quota. It is a pity to see so many students being refused admissions in spite of scoring high marks.”
KC College principal and secretary of Hyderabad (Sind) National Collegiate Board Manju Nichani said in previous years students scoring in 60s came for admissions. “This year, however, we have seen students with 82 or 84 percentages requesting us for admissions. It is the first time that we have noticed this trend,” Nichani said.
She added that the management was taking a decision according to the importance of
applications and were also ensuring that the quality of students remained undiluted.
Jai Hind, KC and HR colleges in Churchgate, RD National College in Bandra and CHM College in Ulhasnagar are under the HNCB Board.
