Thane: For a girl who had given her blood and sweat to do well in Class 12th exams and even managed to top with marks as high as 99.8 per cent, the news that she hasn't been allotted a seat in the desired college, would certainly leave her devastated.
Sakshi Rajani, a student of Sacred Heart School in Kalyan, Maharashtra, was shocked to know that she failed to make it to the first general merit list of admissions in a reputed Mumbai college.
She was a SSC Board topper from Ulhasnagar town, with 99.8 percent marks.
To fix the matter, State Education Minister Vinod Tawde has intervened and spoke to the student, assuring all help to her.
Enquiries with the University of Mumbai revealed that though her admission form was filled on June 10 and 11, it was "reset" after five days.
How the "reset" occurred is not known. She got a message reading "You have not been allotted a seat".
Ulhasnagar legislator Narendra Pawar from the Bharatiya Janata Party called on the distraught family and spoke with the Deputy Directorate of Education officials.
Later, Tawde spoke with the management of the Kelkar & Vaze College in Mulund and ensured a seat for Rajani through the management quota.
This will provide succour to the student who will now be spared of the ordeal of applying through the off-line process for the left-over seats in non-reputed colleges after all admissions are completed through the online process.
