India, July 30 -- Not all students seem to have taken seriously the online admission system for Class 11 (FYJC), implemented by the state School Education department for the first time this year. Joining the rush to upload certificates and marksheets in the hope of getting a seat in their preferred colleges were also those students, who chose to pull a prank by uploading emojis and unrelated images in place of crucial documents, according to education department officials, who added that this caused inconvenience in data analysis.

Mahesh Palekar, director of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education, said on Tuesday: "This is a misuse of technology. The online system is meant to simplify admissions, and we expect students to use technolog...