Chandigarh, June 28 -- As online registrations for Class 11 admissions in Chandigarh's government senior secondary schools closed on Saturday, the UT education department received a total of 14,252 applications across streams, with humanities emerging as the most sought-after with 8,464 applications, followed by commerce (2,361), science non-medical (2,127) and science medical (1,300). The figures are provisional, with data cleaning pending after the grievance redressal process. The admissions come in a year when the UT administration expanded skill elective courses to all 42 government senior secondary schools-up from 23 last session, offering students a basket of 30 skill subjects ranging from artificial intelligence (AI) to healthcare and hospitality alongside their regular curriculum. Overall Class 11 seat intake has also been marginally increased from 13,875 to 13,920.htc...