India, May 30 -- The first list of candidates who have secured admission to class 11 or first year junior college (FYJC) was declared on Friday. Out of the 887,264 students across Maharashtra who sought admission during the first centralised admission process (CAP) round, 574,943 students managed to secure seats in colleges, with the Mumbai division accounting for 133,323 students, the highest among eight divisions in the state.

In all, 2.2 million seats were available across the state this year for class 11 admissions, of which 477,210 were in Mumbai. It was widely anticipated that cutoff marks for admission in city colleges would be lower this year than last year, as there was a significant drop in students with high scores. In 2024-25...