Nearly 4 lakh final-year students at Delhi University’s School of Open Learning (SOL) are at a risk of losing a year owing to a delay in the declaration of their results.
While admissions to most postgraduate courses in various universities are under way, SOL students are in a fix as their results have not been declared yet.
SOL officials said the results would likely be declared in October. This, however, will not work in favour of the students.
At a loss
“Admissions to most universities will close in September. However, our results will not be declared before October. This means that I will have to waste one year,” said Ravinder Kumar, a student of B.A. (Programme) at SOL.
Harsh Gautam, another SOL student, alleged that the university was deliberately delaying the results.
“The university differentiates between SOL and its regular colleges and SOL based on the course structures and syllabuses. SOL students have to suffer every year because of the university’s negligence. A lot of students are forced to discontinue their plans of higher studies as they cannot afford to waste a year,” said Mr. Gautam, who is also a member of the Krantikari Yuva Sangathan (KYS).
‘Pleas unheard’
Accusing the university of not paying heed to their concerns, Mr. Gautam said: “We have been requesting the university for the last four years to resolve the matter. We have even submitted memorandums and met the Vice-Chancellor. However, nothing has been done to rectify the issue.”
A senior SOL official, who wished not to be named, said the delay was due to the large number of students at the institute.
“We are told that the delay is usually because of the large number of students that we have. However, this cannot be a valid reason as the future of lakhs of students is at stake,” said the official. SOL offers B. Com, B.Com (Hons.), B.A. (Programme), B.A. (English) and B.A. (Political Science).
