MUMBAI, July 2 -- Just two days after the first merit list for First Year Junior College (FYJC) admissions was released, more than 1.43 million students have confirmed their seats in various colleges across Maharashtra. According to data from the state education department, 143,084 students visited their allotted colleges to confirm their admission. When combined with the admission of 67,152 students in minority, management and in-house quotas, the number of confirmed FYJC admissions is 210,236. The first merit list allotted colleges to around 600,000 students. All of them have till July 7 to visit colleges and confirm their admissions. Meanwhile, students are encountering a problem with the 'Automated Permanent Academic Account Registry' (APAAR) ID, a requirement to confirm admission. "Since some students don't have an APAAR ID, we have decided to cancel the mandatory APAAR registration step. Instead, colleges can admit students and generate their APAAR ID after admission is confirmed," said Mahesh Palekar, director of secondary education....