India, July 8 -- The state's school education department's first ever fully online FYJC (Class 11) admission process has hit a snag, with only 50% of the applicants securing seats in the first round. This has raised serious concerns among both students and parents about when the remaining students will be allotted seats and when their academic year will begin.

There are 9,466 junior colleges in the state, but only 5.08 lakh seats have been filled so far, and just 4.32 lakh students have confirmed their admission through the CAP (Centralised Admission Process) round. This leaves over 16.23 lakh seats still vacant.

For the first time this year, the Education department has implemented the online admission process for Class 11 admission in...