On the day the CBSE announced the results for its Class XII board exams, the Standing Committee of the Academic Council of Delhi University drew up a tentative list of dates for its admissions, starting May 20.
Dean of Student Welfare, Rajeev Gupta, said that a formal announcement would be made next week where modalities of the admissions would be laid out, adding that the dates discussed so far were tentative. A source also said that the dates for the various cut-off lists had also been determined, with the first list expected to be announced on June 14, the second list on June 19, the third on June 24, the fourth one on June 28 and the final list on July 3.
At a meeting held on Thursday, it was also decided that only those sports that are included in the Olympics, Commonwealth and the Asian Games would be considered for admission under the sports quota. Academic committee member Rasal Singh said that this would mean about five to six sports would be left out this year, including men’s softball.
Additionally, entrance formalities in evening colleges will be undertaken during morning working hours in order to ensure safety of female applicants and their family members, especially of those residing outside Delhi. This will also avoid late working hours, ensure timely payments and realisation fees in order to facilitate timely declaration of subsequent lists.
Apart from this, Mr. Singh said, certain suggestions will be forwarded to the wider academic committee for it to take a final call. These include a proposal made by him which called upon introducing a 1% relaxation in cut-off marks for students from rural backgrounds and government schools as a means of overcoming various disadvantageous faced by such students.
It was also proposed to increase the ‘Ward Quota’ for teaching and non-teaching staff of the university in its colleges. Currently, a total of six seats are reserved for such students in each college.
Mr. Singh said that since 1992, when this was introduced, the total intake of students has increased by 79% due to inclusion of the OBC quota and now due to the EWS quota. He said that a proportional expansion of ward quota was thus warranted.
Apart from this, it was also recommended that all the entrance examinations undertaken in the colleges be allowed in Hindi and English. Mr. Singh said that these suggestions have only been “forwarded” and not “recommended”, adding that it would be premature to say if these would be approved and adopted this year.
