Karachi: The “Central Admission Policy” or (C CAP), which has been in effect for the last 23 years for first-year inter-year admissions in Karachi’s government colleges, is being changed after two decades. But while only 30% will be on open merit.
Under the new policy, students matriculating in A-1 grade and D-grade will now be included in the teaching process in the same college and in the same classroom, and in terms of giving admission to higher percentage or A-1 grade in reputed government colleges. Students matriculating in D and E grades will also be able to take admission.
These admissions will be on district basis and students from all seven districts of Karachi will be required to apply and get admission in the college established in their residential district, only 30% seats will be reserved for students from other districts. will be reserved for those whose admissions will be given on the basis of an undertaking that they will take classes in the respective college.
Director General Colleges Sindh Professor Shadab Ahmed has confirmed this decision when contacted by “Express”. He said that a committee consisting of principals whose convener is the Regional Director of Colleges is working on the proposal which is almost final.
In a few days, the approval of this proposal will be taken from the Secretary College Education and the Minister of Education, after which the admissions of the first inter-year will be based on this new central admission policy, however, these admissions will be based on the results of Class IX like last year. will be given on the basis and the first inter-year session in the colleges will start from 1st August.
To a question, DG Colleges said that we have conducted a survey in which it has been revealed that students do not attend colleges because the colleges are too far from their homes.
In the current admission policy, their admissions are done in colleges located away from home on the basis of percentage, students do not come to colleges due to economic conditions and high transport fares, after the implementation of the new policy, this cycle will end.
He further said that students will apply for admissions on the portal itself, but now only the names of the colleges in their district will appear on the portal.
Also, a former principal who was associated with the central admission policy for a long time said that “C-Cap” was a filter policy in which the most intelligent and average students are separated, then the students of both categories have their own educational path. Determine.
He said that even in medical, engineering and other disciplines, students are filtered for universities by taking aptitude tests, then only intelligent students advance. He questioned how it is possible that an A grade and a C grade student have the same mental capacity in terms of academics, one student scored 90 marks in Mathematics and the other passed with 50 marks. How will both read together?
Also, one of the creators of this policy said that by doing this, the Department of Education is going to de-recognize the big and well-known colleges because this process will affect the results of the colleges.
Colleges which do not get any third grade other than A1 and A in Intermediate will now drop the results of these colleges because it will not be possible for a student who passed C grade in Matriculation to get A and A1 grade in Intermediate.
A college principal said that it is not yet clear how and on what basis the merit will be decided in the 30% admissions which will be on open merit. The principal expressed apprehension that 30% of admissions might be given on arbitrary merit instead of any framework and admissions would also be recommended by other districts.
It should be noted that the central admission policy was launched in Karachi in 2000 to protect principals and college teachers from pressure from political and student organizations and to stop the way of recommended admissions.
Admissions under the Central Admission Policy on Open Merit in Government Colleges of Karachi were given for the first time in the year 2000 and this process continued successfully for 23 years.
However, two years ago, there was a case of bringing down the cut of marks in some colleges so that even relatively low percentage students could be admitted to big and well-known colleges. It was revealed that admissions were also given to D grade.
The principal who brought up the matter was transferred and the college education department blamed the principal and finally shifted the admissions to other colleges.
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