“If they (the committee) say that a subject is not equivalent, it cannot be included in the Best of Four,” said University Admissions President Rajeev Gupta.
A meeting was held with colleges on Tuesday and a list was shared with them.
Citing an example, Gupta said that CBSE has introduced Applied Mathematics as a subject to help students who are not well versed with Mathematics, which means it is easier than Mathematics. .
“CBSE has also written that Applied Mathematics students will not be eligible for Physics (Hons), Chemistry (Honours) and Mathematics (Hons). Cannot be considered for B.Com (Hons). The course requires a difficult level of Mathematics, but it can be considered for B.Com (Hons),” he said.
Gupta said that the committee considers factors like theory and practical components, curriculum etc. while deciding on equity.
For example, the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education has a subject titled Mathematics and Statistics, which will be treated as equivalent to CBSE Mathematics as per the guidelines, while the Nagaland Board of School Education’s Fundamentals of Business Mathematics will also be treated as equivalent . Mathematics in CBSE.
However, Bihar Board of School Education has 50 marks Hindi and English papers in addition to 100 marks paper for both the subjects. The committee has said that 50 marks paper will not be considered for calculating best-of-four average for applying to DU colleges.
Similarly, the guidelines state that the subject titled Accountancy with Computer Accounting, taught by the Kerala Board of Higher Secondary Education, will not be treated at par with CBSE’s Business Studies. Madhya Pradesh Business Economics paper will not be considered at par with CBSE Economics.
Similarly, the secretarial exercise of the Maharashtra Board will not be treated at par with business studies taught to CBSE students. Many colleges have pegged the 100 percentile cut-off for some courses which have seen the applications of the complete scorers from the Kerala State Board.
It has been learned that some colleges are rejecting applications without giving any concrete reasons or arbitrarily withholding applications to “seeking clarification from the university”.
In a related development, the Students Federation of India demanded that CBSE and its evaluation should not be the deciding factor in admissions.
“It is also learned that CBSE and their methods are the deciding factor regarding the concerns of other state boards. These tendencies have to be stopped and the university should be comprehensive,” the Left student body said in a statement. It also alleged discrimination against a “special state board”.
“DU is bound to admit the students who fulfill all the eligibility criteria, it is a shame that applicants are being discriminated against on the basis of their board, while the hard work put in by the applicants of these different boards Same,” said the student dress.
It also alleged that a faculty member of the university had “opposed the Kerala Board for the commendable work of its students” and used words like “Marxjihad”.
“The university should put in place a mechanism through which it can clear its doubts regarding various boards, their syllabus, marks distribution and calculation instead of putting the applicants at stake. We hope that the university will streamline the admission process. will issue necessary orders for the students of Kerala Board of Secondary Education for students of any other state board,” it said.
Over 2.87 lakh students have applied for Delhi University’s undergraduate courses, down from 3.53 lakh applications last year, which has the maximum number of candidates from CBSE.
Over 2.29 lakh applicants were from CBSE affiliated schools, followed by Board of School Education Haryana (9,918), Council for the Indian School Certification Examination (9,659) and UP Board of High School and Intermediate Education (8,007). There were 4,824 applicants from the Kerala Board of Higher Secondary Education.
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