CBSE students wait for results, fear losing share of admission pie

By Ashmitha Gupta  |  Express News Service  |   Published: 13th May 2017 05:35 AM  |  

CHENNAI: With about 10 more days to go for CBSE Plus Two board results, students are getting fidgety. They fear most seats in premium arts and science colleges would get filled with State board students before May 24, their tentative result date. In a few city colleges, the last date for submission of application forms is two days after the tentative date for CBSE results.

While cribbing that their State board cousins have an unfair advantage since their results are out early, CBSE students also fret over ‘liberal’ paper valuation under the State board.

“The engineering cut-off based on the State board results would be really high. We can’t match those scores. Moreover, we will have to wait for two more weeks by which time State board students would have cornered the most of the seats. Colleges should have separate cut-offs for State board and CBSE, going forward,” suggested R Vishal, who is waiting for his Plus Two CBSE results.

Dhyan Bohra, another CBSE Plus Two student, claimed Anna University prefers State board students. “Majority of the students from  the State board apply for seats in Anna University. The cut-off is around 199, which the State board students score easily. But 199 in CBSE  is not easy. Even management quota would be filled  by State board students,” he rued.

Ragini Srinivasan, a parent, said: “In most of the colleges the deadline would be two days after the CBSE result. Within those two days, students are supposed to submit the forms. But they can’t apply in many places within such a short span,” she said. “Colleges should extend the last date of submission of applications for CBSE students,” she said demanding a level playing field.

However, a senior Principal from a CBSE school said there is a gap of 20 days every year between State board results and CBSE. “There are certain colleges that give preference to CBSE students, so students need not worry,” said Ajeeth Prasath Jain, a senior Principal of a CBSE school.

Lalitha Balakrishnan, Principal of MOP Vaishnav College, said whichever board results are out, 10 days would be given to each of the boards. “CBSE students will also get a fair chance.” P C A Vairamani, secretary of KCS Kasi Nadar College of Arts and  Science, echoed her, saying his college reserves about 10 per cent  seats for CBSE students.