SHILLONG: The education department has issued advisory for strict compliance by all the institutions for admission to various courses in the Higher Secondary Schools for 2020-2021.
For urban areas, all admission forms/prospectus will be issued via online and it should be free of cost and for rural areas, forms/prospectus will be issued via blended option of online and offline mode and it also should be free of cost.
For submission of forms, a blended option of online and off-line submission will be adopted. Online submissions can be made as soon as documents are available with the applicants.
For off-line submissions, institutions will collect the admission forms in a staggered manner as well as limiting number of persons upto a maximum of only 200 students per day. Separate sessions may be designed if there is a rush in submission of forms, the department said. In case of unanticipated rush, institutions may also devise innovative methods to collect the admission forms like using alphabetical order of names of student applicants (A-D, E-H, etc range can vary accordingly) or by method of segregation of gender of the students submitting the forms and by allotting respective time schedule during working hours, the government said.
Payment of fees
According to the order, payment of fees with respect to the institutions should only be made via online or offline mode using various online or offline bank transfer/payment portals authorised by RBI.
“Institutions should provide dedicated bank account numbers along with other details such as bank name, branch, IFSC code either to be mentioned in the application form or displayed in the website”, the order said.
The payment of fees can be made offline in cases where the students are from remote areas only where this mode is the only viable option. Cash/Cheque payment may be accepted in such areas after ensuring that all protocols and social distancing norms are strictly followed.
Last date for admission
For Class XI in all streams, last date for submission of forms is July 29 and declaration of 1st list + waiting list is on July 31.
The second phase of admissions will be open again from August 8 with the same modalities as mentioned ensuring that all protocols and maintaining social distancing norms are strictly followed.
Payment of fees to the respective streams/courses will be open for 7 days from the date of announcement of result for admission.
