Bhubaneswar, Aug. 4: The details of 10 junior colleges of the state do not figure in the official website of the state higher education department, keeping aspirants in the dark.

For the first time, all 1,301 junior colleges were included in the e-admission process for Plus Two courses.

The junior colleges whose names are missing from the website are Kalyani Junior College, Steel City Science College, Oscar Science College, The New Age College, St. Xavier International School, Pragati Prafulla Plus Two College of Science, Commerce and Arts, Nano Plus Two Science College, Biju Patnaik ST Women’s College, Pathasala Junior College and Ekalavya Model (Junior) Residential School. Four colleges are located in Bhubaneswar while one each are in Ganjam, Jajpur, Kendrapara , Puri, Rayagada and Kendrapara districts

“We cannot find the details of these colleges, as they are not included in the higher education department’s website,” said a student.

The colleges concerned, however, alleged that they had been provided with the user ID and password late so that they could not upload the data on the website in time. B.N. Patnaik, director of St. Xavier International School, Bhubaneswar, said: “We received the user id and password five days back so students could not apply to our college.”

Amitabh Pani, chairman of Nano Plus Two Science College, Bhubaneswar, said: “After June 25, we are allowed to admit students through online admission. But the authorities refused us citing lack of space on the website and the details of our college could not be uploaded.”

He also said that the e-admission system should be scrapped, as it was not “student- friendly”.

According to the mandatory provision, all colleges have to upload information relating to streams, subjects, hostel, and fees on their own after being given a unique user id and password.

Mrutyunjaya Panda, programme manager Cybertech Software Multimedia, which provides software assistance for e-admissions said the college authorities would have to obtain the user id and password from the regional director of education.

“We do not have any role to play in the uploading of college profiles,” he said.

However, state higher education secretary, Chandra Sekhar Kumar, said that no formal complaint had been received by the department.