PUNE: Starting
from the 2018-19 academic year, civic schools will run junior colleges for all
the three streams - arts, science and commerce.
The Plus Two classes would be run on self-finance basis, the
education board of Pune Municipal Corporation said. The civic body has invited
applications from non-profit educational organisations to run the classes.
Deepak Mali, the education officer (secondary and technical)
at PMC, said educational institutions willing to run the classes would be
provided classrooms in the existing schools. All other expenses would be borne
by the organisation running the first-year junior college.
In March, PMC had invited proposals from educational
institutions to run classes for Standard XI and XII. PMC currently has 43
schools running classes up to Standard X. “In the first phase, we will identify
the schools that require FYJC and based on the demand we will extend the
classes,” Mali said.
In some PMC schools, the classes are run from Standard I to
VIII, while in others, the classes are run from Standard VIII to X. PMC runs
schools in English, Urdu and Marathi mediums and corporators had demanded that
the PMC commissioner extended the classes till Standard XII.
Mali said, “The plan is to start classes from the coming
academic year for all the three streams. Since there is a lot of investment
involved in running the classes and in paying for the salaries of teachers and
others, it was not possible to do so with the PMC’s budget. As such, a decision
was taken to involve educational institutions to run the classes.”
Educational institutions willing to run FYJC in PMC schools
will have to fulfil 15 parameters laid down by PMC to be able to table proposals.
The organisations should have a minimum of two years’ experience in running
classes from VIII to X and also needs to be financially sound.
PMC would enter into a 10-year contract with the organisation,
which will have to make a deposit of Rs 10 lakh with the civic body. The
organisation will have to impart free education to students of classes XI and
XII and make available facilities such as laboratory, computers, library and
internet service.
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