DU Admissions 2021: Guidelines released on inclusion of state board subjects in cutoff calculation

The university has issued guidelines to include subjects from other state boards equivalent to ones taught under the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in the calculation of cut-off marks.

Delhi University has released a set of guidelines on the inclusion of subjects from other state boards in the calculation of cutoff marks. The move comes after Delhi University colleges witnessed a large number of applications from the students of the Kerala state board. The university has issued guidelines to include subjects from other state boards equivalent to ones taught under the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in the calculation of cut-off marks, as reported by NDTV. 

Delhi University had begun the DU Admission 2021 against the DU First cutoff on October 4. DU second-off list 2021 will be announced on October 9, 2021. 

Delhi University has an equivalence committee that decides which subjects from other state boards will be similar to that of CBSE subjects and their inclusion while calculating the cut-off score; i.e. the average of best-of-four marks. 

While speaking about the same, Rajeev Gupta, Chairman, Admissions at the University, said "If they (committee) say that a subject is not equivalent, it cannot be included in Best of Four." A meeting was conducted on October 5 with colleges and a list was shared with them.

While citing an example, he said that CBSE has started 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 students of Applied Mathematics will not be eligible for Physics (Honours), Chemistry (Honours) and Mathematics (Honours). The Equivalence Committee considered it and found that the Applied Mathematics cannot be considered for Economics (Honours) since the course requires a difficult level of Mathematics but it can be considered for B.Com(Honours)," he said.

The committee considers factors like theory and practical component, syllabus, etc. while deciding on the equivalence, Gupta said.

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