NEW DELHI: With Delhi University set to release an up to date bulletin of data on undergraduate admissions on Monday, sources mentioned it was likely that the additional eligibility standards introduced for all topics could be executed away with.
The college is amending the criteria following orders from Delhi top court. A scholar had moved court over the additional eligibility standards introduced for BA (Hons) Economics and BCom (Hons). On Friday, HC asked the college to go back to the old eligibility standards in these two courses and prolong the registration procedure till June 22. Earlier, the last day for registration was June 14.
Under the new standards, the college had made inclusion of mathematics compulsory within the calculation of the best-of-four for BCom (Hons). Also, an applicant was required to have scored 50% or more in mathematics to be eligible. Till last 12 months, even cross marks within the subject would have sufficed.
The additional eligibility standards was introduced for a number of other topics. The new requirements included at least 55% in English and Hindi for English (Hons) and Hindi (Hons), respectively. Till last 12 months, there was no such requirement. Even for language courses, similar to Persian, Urdu, Arabic (Hons) and BA programme, DU had introduced a rider of 40% in both Class X or XII in these topics.
“The admission committee has been advised to appear into all standards that are going to drawback scholars. It’s likely that the additional eligibility requirements may be executed away in all instances,” a senior college legitimate, on condition of anonymity, mentioned.
Quashing the modification, a bench of Justices Anu Malhotra and Talwant Singh had mentioned, “There is not any dispute that you just (DU) must be in music with the times. Nothing prevents you from bettering the training standards. No one is saying that your decision is not proper, however your timing will not be proper.” DU can carry out any modification within the eligibility standards through giving a six-month notice ahead of the admissions, it added. However, the changes on the subject of lowering of proportion deduction for alternate in streams from 2.five% to at least one% will keep.
The HC ruling has come as a shot within the arm for a number of scholars. Varun Jatav, who wanted to pursue Hindi (Hons), mentioned: “I had 54% marks in Hindi in my Class XII forums. Due to the new rules that were introduced, I was not able to fill up the shape.” Jatav, who hails from Haryana, mentioned his best-of-four came to 85%.
The changes effected through DU had come on the advice of committees within the respective departments. According to the foundations, these suggestions must be ratified through the standing committee and the instructional as well as govt councils and then they are notified. But, in most cases, as soon as the standing committee approves the changes, these are licensed through the vice-chancellor. At the statutory frame meetings, these changes are listed as reporting pieces. Hence, this 12 months, even ahead of the matter reached the court, the EC members had written to VC, asking him to withdraw these standards, as they didn't have suitable approvals.
Now, as the college is taking a relook at these changes, the admission time table has gone haywire — proper from releasing cutoffs to the trial time table for sports and extra-curricular activities.
St Stephen’s College has additionally extended its dates and the cut-off for interviews will now be released on June 24.
The college is amending the criteria following orders from Delhi top court. A scholar had moved court over the additional eligibility standards introduced for BA (Hons) Economics and BCom (Hons). On Friday, HC asked the college to go back to the old eligibility standards in these two courses and prolong the registration procedure till June 22. Earlier, the last day for registration was June 14.
Under the new standards, the college had made inclusion of mathematics compulsory within the calculation of the best-of-four for BCom (Hons). Also, an applicant was required to have scored 50% or more in mathematics to be eligible. Till last 12 months, even cross marks within the subject would have sufficed.
The additional eligibility standards was introduced for a number of other topics. The new requirements included at least 55% in English and Hindi for English (Hons) and Hindi (Hons), respectively. Till last 12 months, there was no such requirement. Even for language courses, similar to Persian, Urdu, Arabic (Hons) and BA programme, DU had introduced a rider of 40% in both Class X or XII in these topics.
“The admission committee has been advised to appear into all standards that are going to drawback scholars. It’s likely that the additional eligibility requirements may be executed away in all instances,” a senior college legitimate, on condition of anonymity, mentioned.
Quashing the modification, a bench of Justices Anu Malhotra and Talwant Singh had mentioned, “There is not any dispute that you just (DU) must be in music with the times. Nothing prevents you from bettering the training standards. No one is saying that your decision is not proper, however your timing will not be proper.” DU can carry out any modification within the eligibility standards through giving a six-month notice ahead of the admissions, it added. However, the changes on the subject of lowering of proportion deduction for alternate in streams from 2.five% to at least one% will keep.
The HC ruling has come as a shot within the arm for a number of scholars. Varun Jatav, who wanted to pursue Hindi (Hons), mentioned: “I had 54% marks in Hindi in my Class XII forums. Due to the new rules that were introduced, I was not able to fill up the shape.” Jatav, who hails from Haryana, mentioned his best-of-four came to 85%.
The changes effected through DU had come on the advice of committees within the respective departments. According to the foundations, these suggestions must be ratified through the standing committee and the instructional as well as govt councils and then they are notified. But, in most cases, as soon as the standing committee approves the changes, these are licensed through the vice-chancellor. At the statutory frame meetings, these changes are listed as reporting pieces. Hence, this 12 months, even ahead of the matter reached the court, the EC members had written to VC, asking him to withdraw these standards, as they didn't have suitable approvals.
Now, as the college is taking a relook at these changes, the admission time table has gone haywire — proper from releasing cutoffs to the trial time table for sports and extra-curricular activities.
St Stephen’s College has additionally extended its dates and the cut-off for interviews will now be released on June 24.
Delhi University may scrap additional riders for all courses
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