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Maharashtra Partially Reverses Campus-Only Quota Limits for FYJC Admissions

Officials redefined the quota to treat branches within the same revenue district as one unit following stakeholder backlash over the earlier campus-only rule.

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Mumbai, India – 11, Feb 2025: Students appearing for the Class 12th board exam at an examination centre at Maharashtra College at Nagpada, the class 12 standard examination starts today across the State, in Mumbai, India, on Tuesday, Feb 11, 2025. (Photo by Bhushan Koyande/HT Photo)
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Overview

  • A May 31 government resolution allows schools and junior colleges under the same management within a revenue district to pool their 10% in-house quota seats.
  • The original May 5 policy had confined the quota to institutions sharing the same premises, prompting criticism from headmasters’ and college associations.
  • The online portal, which crashed on May 21, resumed on May 26 and will accept applications through June 3 for roughly 20.43 lakh seats across 9,281 junior colleges.
  • Mumbai, Mumbai Suburban and Thane have been designated a single unit for in-house admissions, while other districts follow their revenue boundaries.
  • Officials say confusion persists over discrepancies between Marathi and English guidelines and how multibranch trusts must apply the new district-based criterion.