India, June 13 -- PUNE The centralised online admission process for First-Year Junior College (FYJC) has begun across Maharashtra, with over 9,000 students confirming their admissions under various quotas in the initial phase.

The general merit list, based on data provided by students in their application forms, was released on Wednesday by the higher education directorate.

On Thursday, the education department received 52,468 applications under the in-house quota, of which 3,871 admissions were confirmed. Under the management quota, 36,991 applications were received, and 1,022 students finalized their admissions. The minority quota saw 23,589 applications, with 4,194 students confirming their seats. In total, 1,13,048 quota-based appli...