Plus One admission in a quandary
The Hindu
1.96 lakh students left with 70,000 community, management quota seats in aided schools
The Plus One admission process in the State continues to be dogged by controversies with thousands of students unsure of securing admission even after the second allotment. As many as 655 merit seats remain after the publication of the second allotment list on Wednesday.
There were 4,65,219 applicants in all for Plus One courses, and of them, 2,69,533 received allotment. There were 2,70,188 seats in all. This has left nearly 1.96 lakh students dependent on the nearly 70,000 community and management quota seats in aided schools, plus the 55,157 seats in unaided schools.
Even factoring in the management and community quota seats, all applicants will still not be able to get Plus One admission.
In 2021, five women from Mayithara, four of them MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) workers, found a common ground in their desire to create a sustainable livelihood by growing vegetables. Rajamma M., Mary Varkey, Valsala L., Elisho S., and Praseeda Sumesh, aged between 70 and 39, pooled their savings, rented a piece of land and began their collective vegetable farming journey under the Deepam Krishi group.