HYDERABAD: Technical system defects changed into a significant headache for applicants seeking to seek admissions into undergraduate courses via Degree Online Services, Telangana (DOST). They were compelled to fill the shape more than one instances ahead of it used to be in the end submitted successfully.
Candidates complained that the moment they pressed the save button, they were dropping all of the knowledge they had filled and needed to start the process again. "I tried thrice to fill the application, but each time the data was lost and I had to start the process again. I somehow managed to submit the application," said Sruthi Ok, a student.
Few applicants were not able to finish the process as their cell quantity used to be not connected to Aadhaar card. "I realised that I need to link my daughter's Aadhaar card with her mobile number to submit the application. So, I had to visit an Aadhaar centre and get the process done," said Sambashiva Rao M, a dad or mum.
Meanwhile, DOST officials said they are seeking to cope with all of the court cases and feature established 74 helplines around the state and 3 super helplines at Centre for Good Governance in the city. "We are trying to correct mistakes made by the candidates at the back end itself. To identify mistakes, we have colour codes. While all the major errors will be shown in red, minor errors like spelling mistakes will be shown in orange. These errors are corrected at our helpline centres and students are sent out a message saying that their process is completed and they can approach the respective college and pay the fee," said Limbadri R, DOST convenor, adding that they have got won about three thousand court cases till now.
He said that students are asked to visit helplines only if they've to submit some documents. "We have received about 60, 000 applications till now and are hopeful to receive about 2 lakh applications by May 29," said Limbadri R.
Candidates complained that the moment they pressed the save button, they were dropping all of the knowledge they had filled and needed to start the process again. "I tried thrice to fill the application, but each time the data was lost and I had to start the process again. I somehow managed to submit the application," said Sruthi Ok, a student.
Few applicants were not able to finish the process as their cell quantity used to be not connected to Aadhaar card. "I realised that I need to link my daughter's Aadhaar card with her mobile number to submit the application. So, I had to visit an Aadhaar centre and get the process done," said Sambashiva Rao M, a dad or mum.
Meanwhile, DOST officials said they are seeking to cope with all of the court cases and feature established 74 helplines around the state and 3 super helplines at Centre for Good Governance in the city. "We are trying to correct mistakes made by the candidates at the back end itself. To identify mistakes, we have colour codes. While all the major errors will be shown in red, minor errors like spelling mistakes will be shown in orange. These errors are corrected at our helpline centres and students are sent out a message saying that their process is completed and they can approach the respective college and pay the fee," said Limbadri R, DOST convenor, adding that they have got won about three thousand court cases till now.
He said that students are asked to visit helplines only if they've to submit some documents. "We have received about 60, 000 applications till now and are hopeful to receive about 2 lakh applications by May 29," said Limbadri R.
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