Delhi University VC said – ‘not in favor’ of cut-off based admission system

Singh said the system puts students from boards where the marking is “strict”. Loss, He also expressed hope that the process will change next year.

Singh said he has constituted a committee to look into the admission figures and the recommendations of the panel will be considered in the Academic Council meeting to be held on December 10.

“We have several options for admission – to continue with the existing system, second could be normalization of marks across various boards, third could be entrance examination and fourth could be entrance examination with 50 per cent and (boards) 50 per cent. May give weightage.) Marks. Let the Academic Council and the Executive Council decide.”

Talking about his personal view on continuing with the cut-off (merit-based) system, Singh said he is “not for it”.

Giving reasons, he said that the boards which have a “flexible” marking system have an advantage over others in the existing system, “while the students of strict boards suffer”.

When asked about the various entry criteria, he explained the pros and cons of each possible system that could be implemented.

“If the student has 100% marks, what will the normalization do? Even if we take some average, it will be high. Even the entrance exam is not a foolproof system.

He said, “People say that it encourages coaching and causes unnecessary stress for the students. Then the Central University Common Entrance Test (CUCET, the central government has decided to conduct it) is also an option. ”

Till the fifth cut-off this year, 74,667 students had secured admission against 70,000 undergraduate seats, which saw higher admissions in some colleges like Hindu College.

Once the cut-off percentage is declared by a college, all applicants fulfilling the condition should be admitted, even if the number of seats for the course is less.

Last year, till the fifth cut-off, 67,781 students had secured admission against 70,000 seats.

Among student groups, there has been a demand to reopen the campus and the university authorities were considering it.

However, the vice-chancellor said, his confidence has waned after the emergence of the new version of the coronavirus, Omicron, and the university would wait for a month before taking any decision.

“University is open but only. PhD students are coming to the campus. Practicals are happening for final year students. I will be on campus until Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) allows 100 per cent seating capacity.” How can I reopen,” he said. said.

Singh said a class has a capacity of 60 students but admissions are close to 120.

“DDMA orders that the seating capacity should be 50 per cent of the class capacity, which means I can call 30 students. I have to drop 70-80 students. How is this possible? Then there is the issue of hostel where There is already a shortage of space,” he said.

He said, “We have students from different states and coronavirus is still there in other states. We had planned to reopen, but the fresh situation has dampened our confidence. We will wait…”