04 June,2009 10:17 AM IST | | PTI
Despite mounting pressure for implementing regular admissions for 11th standard along with online admissions, Maharashtra Government is firm on having online procedure as the only way forward.
"The Government is firm on online admissions and the system is ready to ensure smooth admission procedure sans hassles as apprehended by those opposing online admissions," sources in School Education Department told PTI here.
Scotching speculation from the anti-online admission groups that the computer servers may fail as they would not be able to handle the load of thousands of students applying simultaneously, the sources said "equipment was in place to ensure smooth online process".
"The Government is going to conduct a mock admission process on Sunday when at least 10,000 students would log on to the website created for the junior college admissions," the sources said.
"The mock admissions would give an idea about the functioning of the servers," they added. Asked about the forms to be filled up by the students online, they said "the entire information about the students has already been filled up by the Government on the servers."
"The students seeking admission to junior colleges just have to enter their exam seat number and remaining information would be automatically appear," the sources said.
With a view to ease the procedure further, the State Government would be opening centres in schools so that students can fill up forms in their own schools, the sources said.
"We have spoken to the school authorities and they have agreed to the proposal to open centres for online admissions. The Government, not the students, would pay the schools for the service," School Education Minister Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil said.
"In order to avoid confusion about how to fill up the admission forms online, a booklet would be made available to students," he said.
Assuring students that the online process would be transparent and there was no need for students and parents to worry about the process, the minister said they should not believe in negative publicity over the issue.
