A large number of students thronged the registration centres at Delhi University on the first day of offline admissions on Friday. Over 20,000 forms were sold and around 5,000 applications were submitted.
The university has already received over 2 lakh forms through the online channel, which was opened to candidates eight days ago.
Last year, DU received as many as 31,000 forms on the first day.
“A total of 21,813 forms were sold on day one of the offline application process. Most forms were sold at SGTB Khalsa College, which is the only registration centre in North Campus,” said Malay Neerav, DU spokesperson and Joint Dean of Students’ Welfare.
Most students who came to the registration centres were either unsure of their online applications being accepted or were confused about filling in the forms. Consequently, some applied both online and offline.
Shayna, a candidate who came to SGTB Khalsa College with her friends, said she thought it was best to go to a registration centre.
“I was not sure if the online application form would work. I thought it was better to come to a registration centre. I want to get admission in DU at any cost,” the 18-year-old said.
Another aspirant, Ashish, who came to Dyal Singh College with his parents also opted to go to individual colleges to apply.
“I came to Dyal Singh College because I want admission here. I thought I will have to fill in a form to get admission. I never knew that online forms are being accepted at all colleges,” he said.
DU has set-up help desks to assist students filling in forms. Apart from this, student wings of national political parties such as ABVP (BJP), NSUI (Congress) and the new CYSS (AAP) also set-up help desks. CYSS volunteers also distributed dummy application forms to students.
A volunteer from CYSS said: “We are distributing dummy forms because we saw many students wasting money on buying forms if they made a mistake.”
