HS, CBSE and ISC pass outs to be treated at per during college admission

Mou Chakraborty
Kolkata, May 27, 2007
It is good news for the Class XII students of ISC and CBSE boards. For the first time they will face no discrimination as they apply to colleges and they can start filling in admission forms even before the Higher Secondary (HS) results are out.
Earlier colleges started distributing admission forms only after HS results were declared, as many of them set cut off marks for ISC and CBSE board students. However, from this year, this will change as Calcutta University has urged all colleges not to discriminate against CBSE and ISC students. WBCHSE has made HS a 700 marks exam and brought parity in the syllabus, question and marking pattern with the national boards.
“Earlier, the colleges deducted marks from students of CBSE and ISC boards. My daughter had five percent of her marks slashed while taking admission because she was not from Bengal board. It is true that all boards have separate systems, but then what is the point of giving them marks if some college deducts it before admission. To escape this discrimination, many students went to other states,” said Malini Bhagath, Vice Principal of Mahadevi Birla Girls’ High School under CBSE board. “It is good that Bengal is stopping this discrimination from this year and I hope this system continues,” she added.
Presidency College will start distributing admission forms for its 17 honours courses even before the HS results are declared. The college will upload the forms in its website www.presidencyadmission.net from June 1. “CBSE and ISC students can apply online,” said Mamata Ray, principal of the college. The college is also trying scout talent from outside Bengal. “Our college conducts admission tests for all subjects and especially for the CBSE and ISC students we were thinking of having exam centres in other states from this year. But ultimately for some reason we could not. We will try and do it from next year,” added Ray.
St. Xavier’s College will start distributing forms online soon from its website www.sxccal.edu. The college will make a separate merit list for CBSE, ISC and HS candidates and take equal number of students from each board. “Every year, the result of ISC and CBSE is declared much before HS. Until then, no college distributes forms and students of Delhi board remain in anxiety. We do not want that to happen,” said father P.C. Mathew, principal of the college.
Lady Brabourne College too will upload admission forms on their website www.ladybrabourne.com from first week of June. “We are not waiting for the HS result but will be activating our website by next week so that the students from other boards can apply,” said Sanghamitra Mukherjee, principal of the college.
Those want to study in Scottish Church College will be able to down load its admission form at www.scottishchurchcollege.ac.in from June 1. “We do not feel that the HS students will lose out. The university has directed us to treat students of all boards equally because their syllabus and marking pattern are now at par,” said J. Abraham, Principal of Scottish Church College.
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