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Mission Admission: Day 1

High cut-offs and low turnout marked the first day of admissions at Delhi University on Thursday. However, the turnout was better in South Campus and off campus colleges in East and West Delhi.

According to information, commerce and computer science courses witnessed the maximum admissions. Interestingly, popular course Economics honours saw a low turnout except at Gargi College, which received 250 students for 40 seats.

Various students opted for off-campus colleges with lower cut-offs in East Delhi to pursue a subject of their choice.

Peaceful protests were held at DU and outside MHRD against the compulsory imposition of Hindi on students from Northeast. Later, both DU and MHRD assured to remove the compulsory clause.

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This academic season will see the launch of the much-debated Four-Year Undergraduate Programme (FYUP).

According to varsity sources, cut-offs are expected to soar higher than previous years, as almost 44,000 students have scored more than 90 per cent in the boards this year. Cut offs for courses like Economics and Commerce can expect the first cut-off percentage to be around 96 to 98 per cent while for science courses, it will be above 95 per cent.

Economics, Commerce, Physics, Chemistry and English are some of the most sought after courses.

Meanwhile, University Grants Committee (UGC) has given a green light to the controversial FYUP, drawing mixed reactions from various quarters. Many academicians have stated the FYUP will legitimise the American university system that follows a four-year system at the UG level.

A five- member UGC committee will monitor and advice on the new system. The panel will be headed by S.K. Joshi, former director-general of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. Other members are V.S. Chauhan, director, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Mrinal Miri, chairperson, India Council of Philosophical Research, S. Parsuraman, director, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, and Bhuvan Chandel, former director of the Indian Institute of Advanced Studies.

Several help desks and teacher/ student volunteers will be around to help aspirants with any queries. To know about DU colleges selling admission forms click this link.

About 18 help desks have been set up around the city. A 32-page information booklet on FYUP has also been issued. The university has come up with a special helpline/ information centre, which will answer any admission-related query from 9 am to 5 pm on all working days at 155215 or 011-27006900.

History, Sociology courses cleared by DU

The syllabus for courses under Faculty of Social Sciences -- History, Sociology and Adult Education (only Discipline II) – has been cleared by Delhi University at a meeting on Friday. Several teachers are disappointed since the varsity did not consult on syllabus content.

According to the new FYUP format, students have to opt for six papers of one or two minor disciplines. One set is based on Indian history while the other contained a mix of Indian and world history.

Fresh admissions are scheduled to begin within two weeks.

Maths no more compulsory for DU’s BCom (H)

There’s good news in store for Delhi University commerce aspirants.

According to the latest statement from the varsity, mathematics is no more compulsory for commerce studies. The admission will be based on Discipline I (Commerce).

So students, who want to pursue honours in commerce, do not need maths in Class 12 anymore.

“Till last year, most colleges were not accepting students in the honours programme for commerce without mathematics. Consequently, a large number of students were deprived of admission in different colleges. It has now been decided that the requirement of mathematics for all categories of students will be removed for admission to bachelor with honours in commerce,” informed a release.

St Stephen's reduces annual intake by 50 seats

Owing to lack of supporting infrastructure for Delhi University's four-year undergraduate programme (FYUP), St Stephen’s College has reduced annual intake by 50 seats. The college was forced to take the step to maintain a total strength of 1,200 students on campus over four years.

Fifty per cent of the seats under BA and BSc programmes, discontinued under FYUP, have been re-appropriated. The seats have been divided between Economics and English honours courses, increasing the number of intake in each of the courses. However, in total, the college will enrol 400 students instead of 450 this year.

Currently, students are taught three to four papers. But under FYUP, students will be taught seven papers in the first year – two honours, four foundation papers and one IMBH. Speaking to a national daily, Nandita Narain, a teachers' representative in the governing body, explained with example that current requirement for mathematics is 19 classrooms. But under FYUP, the college needs 26 classrooms.

In 2010, most DU colleges increased their intake under the OBC reservation scheme, without any infrastructural additions. However, St Stephen's, being a minority college, didn't increase its intake.

With St Stephen's cutting seats, situation in other colleges is expected to be worse.  SRCC principal had proposed lottery system for admission.

St Stephens & JMC start registration process in first week of June

Delhi University’s St Stephen’s College and Jesus and Mary College (JMC) is all set to commence their registration process from June 1 and June 5 respectively.

This year, the application process in St Stephen is completely online and no paper forms will be available (except for applicants with disabilities). The last date of application will be around mid-June. The information was given by college principal Valson Thampu.

The college had 10 undergraduate courses till last year. But from this year onwards, BA and BSc programme courses have been scrapped under the FYUP, leaving eight honours courses.

In case of JMC too, the admission process will be completely online. The college had not issued paper forms last year either.

For other colleges, students will have to fill centralised OMR forms. St Stephen’s, along with Jesus and Mary, has completely different registration and admission process form other DU colleges. St Stephen’s also holds interviews for students that meet the cut-off.

Journalism entrance scrapped

After BA English (Honours), now BA journalism and mass communication will have no entrance test from the upcoming academic session. This was announced on the second day of the open session in Delhi University on Tuesday

The session focused on resolving queries about admission process. Varsity officials informed that students will be allowed to opt for Discipline 2 courses only from the third semester.

 

Changes in OMR forms

The pre-admission optical mark recognition (OMR) forms will see three new sections from this year. In the category section on first page, SC/ ST and physically handicapped candidates group has been included.

And unlike the previous OMRs, the complex matrix of colleges and courses are absent from second page onwards. A list of honours courses to be offered by 77 colleges has been added. Another section called ‘survey’ has been introduced which asks for mobile phone number, the kind of school (government, public, Kendriya Vidyalaya, government-aided and others) and location of schools (Delhi, NCR and outside).

 

Admission guidelines for FYUP announced

Delhi University has finally published the admission guidelines for FYUP on varsity’s website. 

According to the notification published on May 13, admission will be based on a major discipline (Discipline -1). In order words, students have to opt for a major discipline which will lead to Honours or BTech degree after four years. Students can study up to two subjects as minor discipline, which they can choose after the first year.

Pre-admission forms (physical and online) will be available at the university level. But there will be no such form at college level. As usual, the admissions will take place on the basis of cut-off marks. However, “The colleges shall admit all students who have marks that meet the announced cut-off criteria. No first-come-first served policy is permitted,” states the release. Also, students cannot take admission in two courses or in two colleges simultaneously.

Additional eligibility criterion for SC/ST, OBC, PWD categories have been cancelled while the same for general category will be kept to the minimum. Students seeking admission through Sports and ECA categories can approach colleges for Sport/ECA admission forms.

The guidelines further informed that, “The University will organise open days to disseminate information on various admission related aspects and also to answer any queries that the students may have.”

One such conference was held at the university’s conference centre on Monday, which was attended by approximately 1,500 of students and parents. Queries ranging from submission of admission forms to entrance examinations and interviews asked. DU officials addressed the questions and assured hassle-free admission procedures.

Finish bachelor’s degree in 10 years

Students of Delhi University can now complete their graduation in 10 years instead of six years, under the FYUP.

The decision was taken in the Academic Council meeting, which also approved 54 courses, including 11 foundational courses. Students will also be eligible to get their Bachelor (Honours)/B Tech degrees by scoring an aggregate of 40 per cent instead of 50 per cent, informed a council member.

Furthermore, students will be allowed to opt for any of the four application courses irrespective of the subject background. They will also be eligible for MA under Delhi University, provided one chooses six papers on the same minor subjects.

In another news, the application process for journalism and management studies is still cloudy. Colleges that offer courses in these two departments are yet to declare any notification about the mode of entrance so far.

According to DU sources, admission to both journalism and management studies will happen through entrance tests. While the new journalism course will be offered in six colleges, the management studies course, formulated after merging the BBS, BBE and BFIA courses, will be offered by 10 colleges.

 No lottery for admission, DU tells colleges

Delhi University has turned down Shri Ram College of Commerce’s (SRCC) proposal to enrol students through lottery under the new four-year undergraduate programme (FYUP). Dean of Students' Welfare J M Khurana has said that it is not feasible to implement the lottery system this academic session.

With the admission process set to begin on June 5, SRCC is struggling to handle the student overload, since there has been no improvement in the required resources, claimed SRCC principal P C Jain.

English entrance scrapped

The Common Aptitude Test for English, written entrance for admission to DU’s BA English (Honours) course has been discontinued from the new academic session, owing to lukewarm response from colleges.

The exam was introduced in 2010. While 17 colleges participated in the first CATE, the number increased to 25 in 2011, and 21 colleges in 2012, including colleges like Hindu, Lady Shri Ram, IP, Kirori Mal and Zakir Husain (evening).

 

Academic Council passes 28 courses

Academic Council of Delhi University has passed various courses of 28 departments under the new four-year-undergraduate programme (FYUP). The meeting, held on Tuesday, continued for 12 hours and was finally adjourned. The next session will continue on Wednesday.

The meeting was held to analyse the course syllabus recommended by Standing Committee for subjects to be offered as major, minor and applied courses, besides the 11 foundational courses, which will be compulsory for all students.

Some of the courses approved include BTech in psychological science [formerly known as psychology (H)], courses falling under faculty of interdisciplinary and applied sciences like electronics, instrumentation, microbiology, biochemistry, and courses under faculty of arts including English, Hindi, Hindi Journalism, Urdu, Punjabi, Arabic, Persian, Sanskrit, Philosophy, Psychology. It seems that 1,013 papers and 89 courses of 28 departments have been approved.

According to eyewitnesses, strong objections were raised regarding the FYUP and teachers presented a note of dissent. The meeting also witnessed heated arguments among elected representatives and other members.

The agenda of title change from baccalaureate to bachelors' will be taken up on Wednesday. The council’s decision will be presented in front of the executive council on Thursday for final approval.

 

Master’s way to PhD

According to Vice Chancellor Dinesh Singh, master's programme will be the beginning of a PhD programme. It is a graduate programme.

The VC plans to cut down teaching and increase research in the master's programmes. Research paper has been introduced in the fourth year of FYUP. Last academic session, DU launched funded projects scheme where students and faculty of a college jointly undertook research with help from experts. Now these projects will also be counted as research and students involved will earn credits for them.

As of now, confusions regarding the eligibility criteria for master's programmes prevail.