The online and offline admission process for the Plus II streams began on Monday. The process would continue till midnight on June 22. The admission would be held for a total of 3,74,268 seats in 1,476 Plus II colleges across the State. With an increase of seats in junior colleges by 20 per cent this academic session, one lakh seats are added to the existing colleges.
Those want to apply online, can download online common application forms from the official website of the Higher Education Department www.dheodisha.in. The students wishing to apply offline, can collect forms from the respective Students Admission Management System (SAMS) Resource centers. Higher Education Department e-Admission Officer-in-charge Mihir Kumar Das said the students would have to fill up their details in the common application form (CAF) from the website of the Higher Education Department in which they can choose their streams.
“We have given the option to the students to choose six colleges in order of preference while filling up the CAF. The students, after filling up the CAF, will download two copies one of which will be kept as the college copy while they will keep the other copy with them for future reference,” said Das. After downloading the two CAF copies, the students will go to the nearby SAMS Resource Centre and apply for admission by submitting the copy depositing the required fees.
The students will be later issued with the index number. “To facilitate the students with more information relating to admission, we have opened 577 SAMS Resource Centres in the State,” Das said. The last date for online and offline admission is July 22 and 23, respectively. The intimation letter to the students would be sent online to inform them about the colleges they have been selected for admission.
The first merit list cut off marks would be out on July 1 at 11 am, and candidates who make it to the list should take admission in between July 4 and July 8, otherwise they would be barred from admission process. Classes for Plus II first year students would begin from July 30.