Tamil Nadu Higher Education Minister K Ponmudi has on Monday said that all the colleges in Tamil Nadu should start admissions only after July 31 following the declaration of the final results of Class 12. The statement from the minister has come two days after the state government has unveiled the evaluation criteria to award the marks for the Class 12 students.
According to reports, Ponmudi and other officials of the higher education department had on Monday held a meeting with Chief Minister MK Stalin on college admissions, following the announcement of evaluation criteria. Earlier, the CBSE and the state board have announced that the final results of Class 12 students will be declared before July 31.
While addressing the reporters on Monday, Ponmudi said, "Colleges must consider the CBSE and state board Class 12 marks to rank the students for giving admissions. These two boards will finalize the marks before July 31. So, the admissions to the government, government-aided colleges, and private colleges will start only after July 31."
He quoted the government's knowledge that some private colleges had begun admissions. The minister stated, "It's brought to our attention that some private colleges had started admissions. The Chief Minister had instructed that college admissions should start only after the declaration of Class 12 results. The college admissions will begin on August 1 and if any college starts admissions now, the government will take stern action."
The warning has become crucial and his statement has clarified that the colleges will only be commencing the admissions after July 31. On Saturday, the state government announced the criteria for awarding marks to the Class 12 students. As per the criteria of computing the Class 12 board exam marks, the marks they scored in the Class 10 board exam will carry 50% weightage, the marks they scored in the Class 11 exams will carry 20% of weightage, and the Class 12 internal assessment and practical exam marks will be given the rest 30% weightage.
The state government has also announced that it would also give an opportunity for the students who are aggrieved with the marks, awarded based on the criteria, to write the exams. The students can better use this opportunity to write exams if they are not happy with the marks being awarded by the evaluation criteria. The government said that it will issue the notification with an appropriate schedule to conduct exams.
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