Chandigarh, June 10 -- As the deadline for applying for admission to Class 11 in Chandigarh's government schools got over on Monday, the UT education department confirmed receipt of 15,581 applications for 13,875 seats at 42 senior secondary schools.

With the application process now closed, the department will release an allotment list on June 20, reflecting the school allotted to each student, depending on their preference, wherever possible.

As per data, of the 15,581 applications, 9,926 are from children who have studied from government schools of the city and will be eligible for the 85% quota set aside for them, while the remaining 5,655 are from the open category, including private school students and applicants from other states....