KOLKATA: An remarkable uncertainty looms over the admission process within the blue-chip humanities school of Jadavpur University, Bengal’s most-sought-after general-studies undergraduate institute now, with the university yet to come to a decision whether or not or not to have admission checks in some departments.
Members of the JU’s govt council, who met on Monday, mentioned vice-chancellor Suranjan Das had knowledgeable them that the decision on admission checks for six subjects—English, Comparative Literature, History, Bengali, Political Science and Philosophy—would must be postponed. He cited the need for criminal validity for admission checks in make a choice subjects as some individuals had raised a query.
Students’ union individuals began a sit-in demonstration at the university’s primary administrative construction, hard admission checks be held as scheduled, after the EC meeting did not take a decision. The entrance examinations for Bengali and Philosophy had been scheduled for July three, English for July four, Political Science for July 5 and Comparative Literature for July 6.
Classes prone to be pushed back
The JU govt council, then again, made up our minds to increase the date for submitting admission paperwork through a week, from June 26 to July 2. So, if it has to stick with its original schedule of beginning first-year categories through the 3rd week of July, it will have just over a fortnight to hold a contemporary EC meeting, scrutinise applications, hold admission checks, assessment answer scripts, prepare a merit record and hold a counselling session. That, lecturers really feel, is too brief a time-frame; this, in turn, may mean either forgoing the assessments altogether or pushing back categories, with the latter taking a look like the more likely situation right now.
JU officers mentioned it was once the Arts school’s resolution to hold entrance examinations in History and Bengali this yr, without the EC’s consent, that induced the difficulty. The EC considered the decision as an attempt to undermine its authority and introduced the decision to put off now not just checks for these two subjects however those for four others as smartly. Legal issues raised through some EC individuals needed to be resolved ahead of a final name may well be taken on the admission checks, officers mentioned. “We will reconvene an EC meeting and come to a decision on the enced through the minister’s remarks and feared it could lead to compromise on merit.
“The admission committee in every school is supposed to come to a decision on admission policy for every path. The resolution to have admission checks in History and Bengali, taken way back, is now being puzzled. This is a setback for the entire process,” English school member Nilanjana Gupta mentioned. Suddhasatya Guha Roy, a PG II pupil of Philosophy, mentioned, “We demand a solution from EC individuals. The VC and others must let us know the criminal downside that has cropped up after a long time of holding admission checks in UG.”
Members of the JU’s govt council, who met on Monday, mentioned vice-chancellor Suranjan Das had knowledgeable them that the decision on admission checks for six subjects—English, Comparative Literature, History, Bengali, Political Science and Philosophy—would must be postponed. He cited the need for criminal validity for admission checks in make a choice subjects as some individuals had raised a query.
Students’ union individuals began a sit-in demonstration at the university’s primary administrative construction, hard admission checks be held as scheduled, after the EC meeting did not take a decision. The entrance examinations for Bengali and Philosophy had been scheduled for July three, English for July four, Political Science for July 5 and Comparative Literature for July 6.
Classes prone to be pushed back
The JU govt council, then again, made up our minds to increase the date for submitting admission paperwork through a week, from June 26 to July 2. So, if it has to stick with its original schedule of beginning first-year categories through the 3rd week of July, it will have just over a fortnight to hold a contemporary EC meeting, scrutinise applications, hold admission checks, assessment answer scripts, prepare a merit record and hold a counselling session. That, lecturers really feel, is too brief a time-frame; this, in turn, may mean either forgoing the assessments altogether or pushing back categories, with the latter taking a look like the more likely situation right now.
JU officers mentioned it was once the Arts school’s resolution to hold entrance examinations in History and Bengali this yr, without the EC’s consent, that induced the difficulty. The EC considered the decision as an attempt to undermine its authority and introduced the decision to put off now not just checks for these two subjects however those for four others as smartly. Legal issues raised through some EC individuals needed to be resolved ahead of a final name may well be taken on the admission checks, officers mentioned. “We will reconvene an EC meeting and come to a decision on the enced through the minister’s remarks and feared it could lead to compromise on merit.
“The admission committee in every school is supposed to come to a decision on admission policy for every path. The resolution to have admission checks in History and Bengali, taken way back, is now being puzzled. This is a setback for the entire process,” English school member Nilanjana Gupta mentioned. Suddhasatya Guha Roy, a PG II pupil of Philosophy, mentioned, “We demand a solution from EC individuals. The VC and others must let us know the criminal downside that has cropped up after a long time of holding admission checks in UG.”
Fate of Jadavpur University entrance tests for humanities hangs in balance
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