guwahati the assam higher secondary education council ahsec has said the number of seats available for admission to class xi in the state is likely to increase this year last year it was about 2 45000 u c das secretary ahsec said a lot of junior colleges are coming up in small towns of the state and there is no shortage of seats in class xi he said since students prefer wellknown institutes over smaller ones the problem of seats may arise in these good schools and colleges students normally opt for wellknown institutes their first preference would always be either cotton or handique girls college and many may see a crisis of seats as everybody will get admission there there are seats available in other small junior colleges but the students do not opt for these institutes said das altogether 194067 students passed this years matric examination conducted by the board of secondary education assam seba above the states own students many also come to the city from neighbouring states and there is always a rush for class xi admissions in good schools and colleges babulal sharma the director of secondary board said there are around 561 government higher secondary schools in the state there are also hundreds of venture schools and private junior colleges besides almost all colleges still take admission for class xi as delinking of higher secondary from colleges has still not taken place so students have a lot of options he added the problem is students normally target wellknown schools and colleges in class xi where the number of seats are limited when they dont get admission there they feel that there are shortage of seats but a lot of institutes are there where the seats remain vacant throughout the year as students never go there students however feel that the number of seats in good schools and colleges should be increased as majority of them always prefer them payal karmakar a student said every student wants to study in a good institute so the authorities cant say students should opt for an average institute just because there arent sufficient seats in good colleges and schools