Maharashtra FYJC Admissions 2025: Rules change for 50% minority seats, registration last date is June 5

In a major change of rules for the First-Year Junior College (FYJC) admissions 2025, the Maharashtra government has allowed the minority institutes to voluntarily surrender the vacant reserved seats after the very first round of admissions and permitted the junior colleges to fill these seats under the in-house quota. Earlier, the minority colleges could not surrender the left-over seats until the completion of the three regular rounds of admissions.

In light of the revised norms, the last date to register for Maharashtra FYJC admissions 2025 has been extended from June 3 to June 5 till 2 pm. The extension has been provided for junior colleges to update details about their affiliated schools on their websites and for students and parents to make necessary changes their preference for in-house quota.

As of June 2, 2025, a total of 10,85,851 student registrations have been completed. The division-wise registration data is as follows:

Recently, the school education department also increased the scope for 10% in-house quota by including schools run by the same educational institutions in a particular district.

Maharashtra FYJC Admissions 2025: Rule for 50% minority seats

The government resolution for the centralised online admissions for Maharashtra Class 11 admissions 2025 for the academic session 2025-26 has been revised as follows:

"The minority quota for minority higher secondary schools/junior colleges shall be 50%. The management of such institutions will have the liberty to fill the seats under this quota based on merit until the completion of the first three general admission rounds. However, if seats under the minority quota remain vacant after the first round, the junior colleges with recognized minority status shall be allowed to surrender the remaining seats after the first round.

“However, if applications for admission under the minority quota are received during the second round, those students shall be given priority admission under the minority quota. Only thereafter can the remaining vacant seats from the minority quota be surrendered and transferred to the general category,” the government added.

“Nevertheless, surrendering the remaining seats is entirely optional and shall not be binding on any minority institution,” it further said.