Class X passouts get ready. Government schools in Patna have announced the dates of admission to Class XI.

The entry, however, might not be an easy one. Sources said about 35,000 seats are available in senior secondary schools as against 90,000 students who appeared for the Class X examination this year.

“Altogether 168 senior secondary schools are there in Patna. We usually ensure that all students are accommodated in the schools,” district education officer M. Das told The Telegraph.

Sources said most of the students get admission in the colleges, which offer intermediate courses in classes XI and XII. The schools have announced the dates for registration and submission of forms and other details (see chart).

Raja Ram, the principal of Miller School, said: “We have announced the dates for registration. The last date is June 25. We will then come up with the merit list in the last week of June and the cut-off marks will be about 70 and 65 per cent in science and arts streams respectively.”

Ram added that classes will begin in the first week of July. Schools like Government Girls’ Senior Secondary School, Gardanibagh, may extend the dates for registration, to give more time to applicants.

“Every year we try to ensure that girls do not lose the opportunity to apply at the institute. For this, we often extend the dates of admission. Not only this, if we see that there is a requirement to increase the number of seats, we will write to the education department requesting the same,” principal of the school Bimla Sinha said.

However, not all schools have started the registration process. PN Anglo Sanskrit Secondary School is one such institute. Principal Chanchala Kumari said: “We will start the registration process from June 13 and it will continue till the third week of the month. There are 240, 120 and 180 seats in science, arts and commerce streams respectively.”

Kumari added that the cut-off marks would be about 70, 60 and 65 per cent respectively.

Sir GD Patliputra Senior Secondary School is among the few schools that offer vocational courses to students. “We started the vocational courses in 1989 in four disciplines — medical health workers, library science, health care and beauty culture and bakery and confectionery,” Alok Kumar, the office assistant of the school said.

He added that there has been an increase in the number of applicants for these vocational courses.