Slammed for removing SSC internal marks, Maharashtra hikes FYJC seats

The SSC students are battling higher cut-offs for admission in FYJC (first year junior College) as they are facing competition from the students of ISCE and CBSE boards whose scores included internal assessment marks.

Newly-appointed School Education Minister Ashish Shelar told the Legislative Assembly that the number of seats for science stream in Mumabi will be increased by 5 per cent and eight per cent for Arts and Commerce stream.

In Nagpur and Pune divisions, the number of seats will go up by ten per cent in all streams–Arts, Commerce and Science.

Shelar said the decision has been taken in the view of resentment over scrapping of the internal assessment marks for the SSC board students.