July 07, 2018: While West Bengal colleges and Universities are reeling under several controversies, in Tripura, the scenario is completely different. Enrollment through centralized on-line system enhanced transparency in the application and admission processes. Moreover, the State Government has taken special initiatives to provide opportunities for availing higher education to all those students who failed to break cut-off marks barrier.
The Higher Education Directorate of the State has brought solace for students who have failed to get admission in Pass Courses in Government colleges. Students who could not break through the cut-off marks barrier may still get a chance to pursue higher education as the Directorate has planned to initiate actions to ‘allocate’ students in nearby colleges wherever it is possible.
It is observed, with a slender increase in pass percentage in HS +2 exams in this year, a large section of students queued up for Honours and Pass Courses in Womens’ College and Maharaja Bir Bikram (MBB) college in Agartala. However, with limited seat capacity and infrastructural impediments, names of many applicants did not feature in admission lists creating huge apprehensions and frustration among the students and their guardians.
On July 6, when merit list of candidates in MBB college, Ramthakur College, BBMC and Women’s college were announced, it was found that hundreds of students seeking admission in pass courses did not figure in the merit list announced. Apprehension hit aspiring candidates and guardians hard and It seemed the left out students would not get any admission in colleges and their academic career would meet immature endings. Even principals of colleges could not give them any assurance regarding their academic future.
As a pall of uncertainty and gloom descended the Higher Education Directorate came to play a role taking initiatives to ensure that all the students who applied for admission in colleges, are not left out.
When the issue was brought to the notice of Joint Director of Higher Education, Rajesh Bhattacherjee today by Tripura Times he said, “No students seeking admission in colleges would be left out. It is the responsibility of the Directorate to make facilities and ensure that all students get admission in colleges”.
Focusing on steps, he added, “The Directorate is well aware about the prevailing situation and accordingly a ‘Help Desk’ has been set up for the left out students in the Directorate itself. All left out students will have to submit a written application to the Help Desk. After receiving the applications, initiatives will be taken for making applicants admitted in colleges nearest to their permanent address” , he said.
Bhattacherjee said, “all colleges have fixed capacity for admitting students, and principal of any college cannot admit students exceeding the capacity. When any such situation arises the directorate can only take decision”
“This year pass percentage in Class XII result was higher from previous year. In 2017, the total pass percentage was 77.31 and this year was 78.62 percent. For increase of pass percentage the students are facing problem but for the time being” added the joint director.
There are twenty government Degree colleges in the state and one private college in state. In assembly during budget education minister Ratan Lal Nath said government’s plan for opening six more degree colleges in state.
