Over 2,200 register to enter Junior College

A total of 2,256 students registered to enter the Junior College by the time applications closed on Friday. Prospective Junior College students registered, in alphabetical order, over three days ending on Friday, irrespective of whether they were already fully qualified, awaiting results or still to repeat any compulsory subjects in the September session.

This was the final phase of a process which started with orientation talks held on July 19 to about 2,300 students, followed by a guidance service offered by the Guidance Officers of the Junior College, assisted by personnel from the University of Malta and from the Guidance Section of the Ministry of Education.

Over 500 students were given individual advice by appointment to clarify queries on their choice of subjects for the Matriculation Certificate in view of their future studies at the University.

Out of the 2,256 who registered up to Friday, 1,666 qualified, 447 were provisional, 65 were repeating the first year and 74 were repeating the second year. Nine were entered by the Admissions Board.

These figures more or less tally with those of August last year. In October 2005, the college's student population stood at 3,200.

The exact number of students who will start the course at the Junior College in October will only be known when SEC re-sit results are published and some of the students would have been accepted or opted for other colleges.