Fifth counselling for admission to Class XI

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 9

The UT Education Department has decided to start classes for the humanities stream in the evening shift in two schools — GMSSS-19 and GMSSS-23.

The students who didn’t get admission in any of the previous four counsellings (boys with below 45 per cent and girls with below 40 per cent) have been invited by the department to fill the registration form available on the website — www.chdeducation.gov.in — and submit the same at the GMSSS-19 or GMSSS-23 on September 11 and September 12.

The department also clarified that any migration or change in stream will not be allowed in this counselling. The students are required to attach a photocopy of their detail marks certificate, along with a registration form.

6 months to cover syllabus

The UT had earlier planned to stick to only three counsellings to save students from coping up with pending syllabus due to late admissions.

However, it had to undertake the fourth counselling after 1,700 students protested for admission to Class XI. Consequently, 580 seats were increased for the fourth counselling.

An official from the Education Department said: “We will see the number of applicants that will turn up and decide accordingly. If applicants are more, then we may adjust students in more schools by increasing four to five seats in each school.”

“The late admissions prove to be a roadblock for students who are left with only six months to cover up the syllabus. Without clarity of concepts, these students also suffer in Class XII board examination. As latecomers are mostly with below 40 per cent, many among these fail the Class XI exam as well,” said a teacher of a government school.

Last year, as many as seven counselling rounds were held for Class XI admission and several students were accommodated to schools in the periphery.