Open Learning the last resort for DU aspirants now

At a time when Delhi University (DU) colleges have put up high cut-offs for admission, its School of Open Learning (SOL) that offers distance learning courses is swamped with applications - emerging as a ray of hope for students who do not meet the high criteria of the colleges. SOL, which receives over 300,000 applications annually, offers courses in humanities and commerce streams through distance learning programmes. "Students who find it difficult to clear the cut-offs of DU and still want the university's tag are coming for the courses here," SOL assistant registrar S.K. Lamba told sources. "Some students these days want to learn and earn at the same time; so they join SOL," he added. Many of the students joining SOL are able to pursue a vocational course as well as a course of their choice through distance learning. The USP of the distance learning school is that students do not have to attend classes compulsorily which take place only on weekends. Students who have taken up professional courses like chartered accountancy come for distance learning courses as they don't have to attend classes at SOL and are thus able to devote time to both. The School offers undergraduate and postgraduate degree courses in arts and commerce subjects. Printed course material is distributed to the students and the fees is, like all DU colleges, very low. Parents of students are also supportive of their wards taking up these courses. Age is no bar at SOL. The institution gets many applications from people who left studies long ago. The institution had 900 students when it started in 1962. The number reached several hundreds of thousands last year. "The huge number of candidates is because of the fact that there are not enough number of seats and colleges in the country that can accommodate the growing number of students," Lamba pointed out. SOL follows the policy of granting admission to all applicants if they have scored the minimum marks - which is 40 percent. Delhi University was established in 1962. It has 16 faculties, 86 academic departments, 77 colleges and five other recognised institutes spread all over the city.

DU announces Cut-Off list for Non-Collegiate Women courses;

 Delhi University (DU) has announced the First Cut-Off list for its Non-Collegiate Women's Education Board (NCWEB), under which students need not attend regular classes.

The cut off lists for its B.A. and B.Com. Courses have been announced.

The NCWEB offers special coaching to women students and enables them to appear in university examinations without attending regular classes.

Every year the NCWEB, on an average, sees an enrollment of over 16,000 students in undergraduate courses and 500 in postgraduate courses.

The third cut off list for the regular students will be announced on June 27, 2011. However, very few colleges are expected to announce a third list for admissions, with a majority of them already admitted students way above their capacity.

BEST SOCIAL SCIENCE COLLEGES IN DELHI;

FOR HISTORY: 

St. Stephen's College - www.ststephens.edu

Lady Shri Ram College - www.lsr.edu.in

Ramjas College - www.ramjascollege.edu

Miranda House - www.mirandahouse.ac.in

Hans Raj College - www.hansrajcollege.com

FOR POLITICAL SCIENCE:


Lady Shri Ram College - www.lsr.edu.in


Hindu College - www.hinducollege.org


Sri Venkateswara College - www.svc.ac.in


Ramjas College - www.ramjascollege.edu


Kirori Mal College - www.kmcollege.com

FOR SOCIOLOGY:

Hindu College - www.hinducollege.org

Lady Shri Ram College - www.lsr.edu.in


Miranda House - www.mirandahouse.ac.in


Sri Venkateswara College - www.svc.ac.in

Janki Devi Memorial College - http://jdm.du.ac.in/


GEOGRAPHY:

Miranda House - www.mirandahouse.ac.in

Kirori Mal College - www.kmcollege.com


Kamala Nehru College - www.kamlanehrucollege.org

Dyal Singh College - www.dyalsinghcollege.in

Bhagat Singh (morning) - http://sbsc.in/

Delhi University Second Cut off List Declared

A Ray of Hope for Many Aspirants

The second cutoff list of Delhi University was released on Tuesday. As expected, a number of sought after colleges of Delhi University closed admissions to the popular B Com (Hon) and Economics (Hons) courses for general category, however, for OBC students seats were still available in almost all top colleges.

The Sri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC) declared its admissions closed for both B Com and Economics honours after taking in 161 and 10 extra admissions in both these courses for the general category. However, in OBC category a second cut-off list was announced at 92 to 96 per cent in B Com (H) and 92.75 to 95.75 in Eco(H). Besides SRCC, the admissions in the general category for B Com (Hons) has been closed at Hindu college, Ramjas, Daulat Ran, Dyal Singh and Shaheed Bhagat Singh colleges, among others. The Economics (Hons) course was also closed in Hindu, Miranda, Ramjas and Shaheed Bhagat Singh.

But, colleges Kirori Mal, Hans Raj, LSR, SGTB Khalsa, Sri Venkateswara, Gargi, Indraprastha College and 37 other colleges still have their admissions open for BCom (H). While KMC and Venkateswara have decreased the cutoff by 1.5%, LSR has dropped it by 1.25% and Khalsa by 1%. Admissions in SRCC, however, have been closed for general students.

Admission in popular courses like BCom, Economics, English, Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics is still open in colleges such as Kirori Mal, Sri Venkateswara and Lady Shri Ram, and cutoffs in certain cases are down by 5% to 10%.

In the Science stream, the popular Mathematics (Honours) course was also declared closed in some of the colleges, including Kirorimal, Miranda House, Hindu and Ramjas.

However, admissions were still open for this course in Hansraj which declared 94 per cent second cut off, in Lady Shri Ram (LSR) at 93.75 per cent and Sri Venkateshwara at 85 to 91 per cent. Admission to Physics (Honours) also closed after the first list in a number of colleges, including Kirorimal, Miranda House and Ramjas, but Hansraj and Hindu did come out with a second cut-off percentage of 95 and 95.66 respectively.

The colleges will take admissions under this 2nd list over the next four days from June 22 to June 25.

ADMISSION IN DU - Kirorimal

किरोड़ीमल में भी सौ फीसदी कटऑफ

नई दिल्ली। आवेदन फॉर्म के बिना अंजाम दी जा रही डीयू की दाखिला प्रक्रिया में कॉलेजों की कटऑफ हर दिन कुछ चौंकाने का काम कर रही है। गुरुवार को एक नया खुलासा हुआ कि केंद्रीय मानव संसाधन एवं विकास मंत्री कपिल सिब्बल की नाराजगी की वजह बना 100 प्रतिशत की कटऑफ जारी करने वाला श्रीराम कॉलेज ऑफ कॉमर्स (एसआरसीसी) अकेला ऐसा कॉलेज नहीं है। डीयू के किरोड़ीमल कॉलेज ने भी अपने यहां बीकॉम ऑनर्स में नॉन कॉमर्स स्ट्रीम के छात्रों के लिए 100 प्रतिशत की कटऑफ निकाली है। बस, फर्क इतना है कि एसआरसीसी के विपरीत किरोड़ीमल ने घुमा फिरा कर यही बात कही है।

गौर करने लायक बात तो यह है कि एक कॉलेज जहां अपने फैसले पर कायम है तो दूसरा कॉलेज इस सवाल से ही बचता नजर आ रहा है कि आखिरी यह कटऑफ कैसे निकला। 15 जून को जारी पहली कटऑफ लिस्ट के लिए गुरुवार से शुरू हुई दाखिला प्रक्रिया के तहत सुबह से ही किरोड़ीमल कॉलेज में चर्चा आम रही कि बीकॉम ऑनर्स में नॉन कॉमर्स स्ट्रीम के छात्रों के लिए 100 प्रतिशत की कटऑफ चाहिए।

नतीजा यह रहा कि आवेदन प्रक्रिया के पहले दिन बीकॉम ऑनर्स मंे दो ही दाखिले हो सके। हालांकि, कॉमर्स स्ट्रीम के छात्रों के लिए कटऑफ 97 प्रतिशत थी, लेकिन यहां भी वह एसआरसीसी के 96 प्रतिशत से आगे है और ऐसे में छात्रों की पहली पसंद किरोड़ीमल नहीं बन सका।

कॉलेज प्रशासन की ओर से जारी बीकॉम ऑनर्स की कटऑफ में स्पष्ट है कि एक भाषा और तीन कॉमर्स स्ट्रीम के विषयों के साथ दाखिले के इच्छुक छात्रों के लिए बेस्ट फोर कटऑफ 97 प्रतिशत है। जबकि, कॉमर्स विषय में शुमार एकाउंटेंसी, बिजनेस स्टडीज-कॉमर्स-मैनेजमेंट, इकोनॉमिक्स और मैथमेटिक्स विषयों के न होने की सूरत में भाषा के अतिरिक्त शेष सभी तीनों विषयों में आवेदक को निर्धारित 97 प्रतिशत से 4 प्रतिशत अंक ज्यादा चाहिए होंगे।

यानि, साइंस के वे छात्र जिनके पास फिजिक्स, केमिस्ट्री, बॉयोलॉजी है या फिर आर्ट्स के वे छात्र जिनके पार इतिहास, ज्योग्राफी व राजनीति विज्ञान है उनके लिए एक भाषा में 97 अंकों के साथ शेष तीन विषयों के लिए 303 अंक होना जरूरी है। इस तरह जब बेस्ट फोर निकाला जाएगा तो यह 100 फीसदी पहुंच जाता है।

कॉलेज प्रशासन ने साधी चुप्पी

नॉन कॉमर्स छात्रों के लिए 100 प्रतिशत की अनिवार्यता के मुद्दे पर जब कॉलेज में कॉमर्स एडमिशन प्रमुख डॉ. एसपी गुप्ता से पूछा गया तो उनका कहना था कि यह निणर्य मेरे अकेले का नहीं है और कटऑफ का निर्धारण एडमिशन कमेटी की ओर से किया गया है। जबकि, कॉलेज प्रिंसिपल डॉ. भीमसेन सिंह से जब इस बाबत पूछने की कोशिश की गई तो उन्होंने कुछ भी स्पष्ट तौर पर कहने से इनकार कर दिया।
Courtesy: Bhaskar News

CBSE MULLS CHANGING CLASS XII PAPER FORMAT

With daunting Delhi University college cut-offs leaving students in a fix, the CBSE may go in for a revision of question paper design at Plus 2 level to make it more subjective. the Board's Class XII Exam scores primarily form the basis for college cut-offs.
Talking to the Tribune today, CBSE chairman Vineet Joshi said the mad

DELHI UNIVERSITY ADMISSION STARTS TODAY

The Delhi University's admission process starts today. A new process for admission has been implemented by the University from this year which includes doing away with the common admission forms. (First cut-off list for Arts and Commerce)

Also, today's admissions will be based on the first cut-off lists which are already giving nightmares to students. If the students are looking to do a B Com Honours course at the Sri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC), they need to have scored 100 per cent in their class 12 board exams to even try for the first list. (Read: Top 10 surfer comments on crazy cut-offs)

However, there will be four more cut-off lists that will be released on June 21, June 27, July 2 and July 8.

So, there is hope for students who seeking admissions admission in their college of choice.

Yesterday, the first cut-off list on 100 percent released by SRCC had stunned India. At the nearby Hindu College you'll need 99 per cent marks and if you settle for the south campus, Lady Sri Ram College has a first list cut-off at 97 per cent. Cut-offs for science courses are not much better. (First cut-off list for Science)

Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah, whose school-going children study in Delhi, summed up a parent's bewilderment succinctly when he tweeted, "Worry? I'm terrified for my sons because in five years, when Zamir (Omar's son) moves to college, the cut-offs will be even more insane." And he asked, "If 100 per cent is the minimum requirement to be considered for admission, are there kids coming with more than 100 out of 100...With these kinds of cut-off marks I would have been doing a correspondence course because I wouldn't have even got a "pass course" admission." (Read: Omar the dad terrified by Delhi University cut-offs)

Even Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal admitted a 100% cut-off was "irrational." Sibal said, "In one college, in the commerce stream, the cut-off is 100 per cent. I felt very sad especially for parents whose children have worked very hard and got 97.5 per cent...I want to tell the parents and students that we are on your side and will request the Vice Chancellor and colleges to take note." (Watch: 100 per cent cut-off irrational, says Kapil Sibal)

CPM leader Sitaram Yechury today told NDTV that the present scenario of sky-high cut-off would have kept even Shakespeare out of college.

The DU Vice Chancellor Dinesh Singh was right beside the minister and asked students to "rest assured the cut-offs will come down in the subsequent lists."

And the DU Dean of Students, JM Khurana, sought perhaps to make bewildered students feel better when he said, "All is not lost and students must not give up hope."

But, what exactly does a college hope to do when it asks for 100% marks to get admission? The principal of SRCC, PC Jain, explained that the cut-off was "the screening process".

Seeming largely unmoved by the stunned expression of students around, Mr Jain said, "The move is not to discourage but to screen the students. After all how do you reject? You must have some criteria. And the criteria is transparent. It is open to the public. The public has never criticized before today, I believe. No one has challenged it in the last 20 years, everyone has appreciated it. Faculty, students, university and parents have all appreciated the criteria. No educationist has ever questioned the criteria." (Watch: High cut-off not to discourage science students, says SRCC principal)

** SOURCE - NDTV