India, May 23 -- Day two the FYJC, or Class 11, admission process was just as harrowing as it was on Thursday, with the government-run portal registering the students' college preferences running even slower on Friday.

After the portal crashed due to heavy traffic on Thursday afternoon, government officials said the problem had been resolved but lakhs of students were left stranded on Friday as well. The school education department had earlier extended the deadline for submission of college preferences to Saturday. It has further extended it to May 25. The first merit list is now likely to be announced on May 29.

This constitutes Part 2 of the admission process. Students were allowed to fill Part 1 of the admission form from April 10, e...