PANJIM: Those who recently completed their Class XII need not fret over the hype about high cut-offs for admissions to various streams, particularly BSc, across different colleges. Unlike recent trends, colleges have not set a very high cut-off for this coming academic year.
Herald’s sample survey reveals that most colleges have not increased the minimum percentage required for admissions whereas a few institutions are likely to relax the present cut-offs in the coming days.
One of the most popular colleges in Panjim, Dhempe College of Arts & Science has announced 75 per cent cut-off for admissions in the Science stream while the Arts students require minimum 65 per cent.
Officials, on condition of anonymity said the cut-offs might be slightly dropped. The college, where that usually witnesses a huge rush of students, has received several hundred college aspirants seeking admissions within two days of the announcement of results.
Those applying for BSc in Parvatibai Chowgule College, Margao should have a minimum of 70 per cent. The good news follows for students from other streams as the college management has not set any cut-off percentage other than Science.
Don Bosco College, Panjim too has recorded a sizeable size of students seeking admissions for courses in BCA and BA in social work. In what could offer respite for students with average scores, the minimum marks for these two courses is 35 per cent whereas for students applying for mass communication, they should have a minimum of 40 per cent. “A student having 45 pass percentage can also apply for BBA in Travel & Tourism while for BBA course, the cut-off is set at above 50 per cent,” said the staff at the at the admission desk.
V M Salgaocar College of Law, Miramar which offers dual degree programme allows students scoring minimum of 45 per cent in either of science, commerce or arts stream, to apply for admissions online. “Till now there is a good response from students”, said the office staff from the college.
The Rosary College of Commerce & Arts, Navelim has followed the same procedure as Chowgule’s for admissions in various streams.
About BCom course, the Saraswat Vidhyalaya College of Commerce and Management at Mapusa has not set very high cut-offs for the two courses. Sources said that the college is accepting students with minimum 60 per cent for Commerce and the cut-off is likely to be dropped.
Shree Damodar College of Commerce and Economics has maintained 70 per cent for BCA, 60 per cent for BBA and a cut-off of 53 per cent for Commerce while the admissions in St. Xavier’s College is completely based on the merit list.
A total of 89.59 per cent students cracked the Goa Board of High Secondary School Certificate (HSSC) examination 2019, recording an increase in the pass percentage by nearly 4.06 per cent compared to 2018.
The results saw cent per cent marks being scored by students in mathematics, physics, chemistry psychology, and economics amongst other subjects. Interestingly, for the very first time, there were no complaints regarding the question papers.
