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TOI : PUNE: The percentile formula, introduced this year for ‘normalisation’ of marks to bring the state board students on par with the CBSE and ICSE students, has led to inflated cut-off marks for Std XI admissions to junior colleges in the city and Pimpri-Chinchwad.

This was evident from the first list of Std XI seat allotments, which was released on Monday by the centralised admission process (CAP) joint panel.

All the 51,700 candidates, who had submitted admission forms, have landed a seat and the process for confirmation of admissions, by paying the fees at the allotted institutions, would commence from Tuesday (July 22).

Post-percentile, the cut-off mark (score at which admission closes at a given college) for science stream was as high as 97.58 at the Laxmanrao Apte junior college, while the same at the Fergusson College was 95.49. Last year, the percentage-based cut-offs at these two institutions were 89.54 and 89.38, respectively.

Pune’s divisional deputy director (education), G.K. Mhamane, explained that the inflated cut-offs was no true reflection of the net difference between the cut-off marks last year and this year. “The net difference works out to 1.5 to 2 per cent,” he said.

Spurred by the feeling that the CBSE and the ICSE boards were more liberal with marks, the state introduced a specific formula-based percentile scheme.
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TOI : PUNE: The percentile formula, introduced this year for ‘normalisation’ of marks to bring the state board students on par with the CBSE and ICSE students, has led to inflated cut-off marks for Std XI admissions to junior colleges in the city and Pimpri-Chinchwad.

This was evident from the first list of Std XI seat allotments, which was released on Monday by the centralised admission process (CAP) joint panel.

All the 51,700 candidates, who had submitted admission forms, have landed a seat and the process for confirmation of admissions, by paying the fees at the allotted institutions, would commence from Tuesday (July 22).

Post-percentile, the cut-off mark (score at which admission closes at a given college) for science stream was as high as 97.58 at the Laxmanrao Apte junior college, while the same at the Fergusson college was 95.49. Last year, the percentage-based cut-offs at these two institutions were 89.54 and 89.38, respectively.

Pune’s divisional deputy director (education), G.K. Mhamane, explained that the inflated cut-offs was no true reflection of the net difference between the cut-off marks last year and this year. “The net difference works out to 1.5 to 2 per cent,” he said.

Spurred by the feeling that the CBSE and the ICSE boards were more liberal with marks, the state introduced a specific formula-based percentile scheme.
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TOI : PUNE: In a move that has sent jitters among the rural politicians, the Pune Zilla Parishad (ZP) has slapped notices on 154 sarpanchs for not constructing toilets at their homes. Immediately after they getting the notices, 72 of them have got into action and started constructing the toilets while other have sought more time.

The ZP has initiated the step in the backdrop of the state government’s decision to promulgate a law which will disqualify a candidate contesting any election if he/she does not have a toilet at home.

Pune ZP chief executive officer Shyam Wardhane, CEO Pune Zilla Parishad told TOI on Monday that of the total 1,401 sarpanchs in the district as many as 154 don’t have a toilet at home. “This is for the first time in the history of Pune ZP that notices have been issued to sarpanchs asking them as to why they should not be dismissed under the Mumbai gram panchyat act 1958, section of 39 and 45. This act categorically states that the sarpanchs should have basic facilities like toilet and should lead with an example,” said Wardhane.

ZP deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Sanjay Maskar told TOI on Monday, “Since last year the ZP authorities visited various talukas to promote cleanliness in rural areas under the Sant Gadge Baba cleanliness campaign.”

Among all 13 talukas in the district, Khed has 37 sarpanchs who don’t have toilet while in Baramati only one sarpanch was found lacking. Daund which has 79 GPs is the only taluka in Pune where every sarpanch has toilet facility at home.

Wardhane said that after receiving the notices most of the sarpanchs responded positively and some have asked authorities to give them some time. “We will again issue notices to those who don’t fall in line and even if they fail to respond positively, we will initiate action…More

TOI : PUNE: Twenty-three judges in the state, including four from the district and sessions court here, were elevated to the rank of joint civil judge senior division from the post of judicial magistrate first class (JMFC).
The Bombay high court registrar general, Mridula Bhatkar, has issued the order promoting the judges on behalf of the chief justice.

The judges promoted here are Sameerjhan Ansari (court no.3), G.B. Gurao (Pune Cantonment court), A.N. Mare (AC court) and V.M. Pathade (Bhor court).

Ansari, Gurao and Mare, who will be moved to the civil court building here, will take charge on July 24. Pathade has been transferred to Aurangabad.

As per the high court order, judicial magistrate first class (JMFC) G.G. Italkar will replace Mare. JMFC A.M. Patankar has been transferred to the Pune Cantonment court, while JMFC A.M. Gondane to Bhor. The decision on appointing a magistrate in Ansari’s place will be taken after the principal district and sessions judge A.I.S Cheema resumes duty, district court officials said.

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TOI : PUNE: Two separate trips ended in tragedy when three youths, an IT professional from the city and two college students from Mumbai, drowned at Khandala on Sunday evening.

According to the Lonavla police, one of the deceased, Padala Reddy (21), who works in an IT firm in the Hinjewadi IT park in Pune, had gone with around 15 friends to Lonavla and Khandala in a bus.

Around that time, two college students from Mumbai, Rohan Rajyadhakshya (20) and Abhay Ubale (20), who had come to Pune on Sunday, decided to halt at Khandala on their way back to Mumbai.

Ubale entered the shallow water under a bridge for a swim. When he began to drown, Rajyadhakshya jumped in to save him. However, both started to drown and cried for help. Reddy, whose bus had halted nearby, dived in to save the duo. However, all of them drowned. Reddy’s friends managed to pull the trio out of water. They were taken to a hospital where they were declared dead.
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