1st step towards college: 

Why you need to spend more time on the form

Students will not be allowed to shift to another college once allotted a seat; should select colleges whose cut-offs are 5% less than their expected scores. (Photo by Satish Bate/ Hindustan Times) (Hindustan Times)

Students applying online for first-year junior college (FYJC) seats this year will have to take more care while filling the application forms.

Reason: They will not be allowed to shift to another college once they are allotted a place. The admission process to junior college has been streamlined this year after direction from the Bombay high court.

This was after a Pune resident filed a public interest litigation (PIL) in the court last year, claiming that the online entrance admission conducted for the past four years for Class XI in Mumbai and Pune regions was faulty and there are deficiencies in conducting the same.

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