Archive · 2 Jun 2025

Mumbai Colleges Can Surrender Vacant Seats After First Admission Round

Mumbai Colleges Can Surrender Vacant Seats After First Admission Round

Mumbai junior colleges can now give up empty seats for students even after the first round of admissions.

Before, they had to wait until the third round, but now it's up to them.

This change is for seats saved for certain groups of students, like those from minority communities or who already attend the school.

The deadline for students to sign up for these admissions has been extended to June 5th.

The government made these changes to how the seats are handled, so now the colleges have more flexibility.

They can fill half the seats with students based on their grades until the first round is done.

If seats are still empty after that, the colleges can choose to give them back to the general pool of students.

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