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Delhi University fills up 57 per cent of its seats in Undergraduate courses

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With the admission season well underway and the University of Delhi (DU) having released its third cut-off list for undergraduate courses, it has now been confirmed by the Admissions Committee that more than half of its seats are already full. “Over 30,00 out of around 52,000 seats in various DU colleges have already been filled, along with payment of fees,” confirmed Professor Maharaj K. Pandit, the Chairman of DU’s Admissions Committee.  The university has yet to release the fourth and fifth cut-off lists, which are expected to be released on 13th July and 18th July, 2017, respectively.

That within a span of three cut-off lists in a mere fortnight, more than half of the seats should have been filled up, only attests to the university’s ever-growing popularity among students. B.A. (Hons.) English and Economics remain the most sought-after courses. DU clearly is very much a top choice for aspiring undergraduates, as the statistics reveal that several colleges such as Lady Shri Ram (LSR) and Hindu College have already closed the admissions to some of the courses. This year, a marginal dip was recorded in the cut-offs. Yet, the highest percentage, as per the latest and third cut-off issued by DU, remains 98 per cent for B.A. (Hons.) in Psychology in LSR College. By the fifth cut-off, almost all seats are expected to be filled up. As it turns out, the sky-high percentage and quickly disappearing seats which make DU one of the most viable and prestigious education institutions of the country, also make it the hardest to gain entry into. The admission season, so far, has been anything but a smooth-sailing for both the university and the parents and students. But with more and more seats being grabbed and choices in terms of the courses narrowing down, if there were ever a time to hurry in order to make it to DU, it would be now.

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DU Student and Aspiring Air hostess stabbed to death by Stalker

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On 5th July 2017, CCTV cameras captured Riya Gautam being stabbed multiple times by her stalker, just 100 metres from her house in Shahdara, East Delhi. In a tragic turn of events, despite being taken to Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, she died on the very next day. Gautam, 21 years old, was pursuing her graduation from the University of Delhi (DU) via the distance education mode and aspired to be an air hostess soon. Among witnesses to this gruesome incident was Piyush Sharma, a 12-year-old boy and Gautam’s neighbour, who reported that the victim was stabbed in the neck from behind. Initially, she ran into a photo studio to seek help, but finding it desolate, moved onto another nearby shop. The attacker kept following her until the neighbours began to gather, following which, he ran in the opposite direction, as per eyewitness accounts.

Incidentally, Adil, the 22-year-old attacker, was known to Gautam’s family as he had stalked her in the past too. A complaint had been registered just three months prior to this incident. After the family filed the complaint, however, he disappeared.The police informed the family that he had fled to Gujarat. Girwan Singh, the father of the victim, who works at Maulana Azad Medical College, insists that the police find Adil as soon as possible. Concerned that he is still a threat to the society, Singh persists that “he should get the death sentence”.

This incident is the latest in a string of such cases of stalking in the capital, all having ended up with the victims losing their lives. A lack of awareness and preparation in dealing with such cases, police negligence, and a serious lack of coordination have all attributed to their deaths in the past as well. Incidentally, this is tied to the bigger and often neglected issue of mental health. Perhaps it is time, along with appropriate and faster action being taken by the law-enforcement authorities, to educate the masses about mental health issues and how to deal with them too. When it comes to sidelining and ignoring mental health, the aphorism that the biggest threat lies within comes true drastically.

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DU Officials Refute Claims by The Pioneer of Denying Admission to Students of Haryana Board

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In yet another worrying move for aspirants, the University of Delhi (DU) has decided to stop the admission of all candidates who passed their 12th grade examinations from the Haryana Board of Secondary Education (HBSE). Contradictions between the marks displayed on HSBE’s official website and those mentioned in the applicants’ mark-sheets led DU’s officials to take this extreme measure.

“While on the website, the score has been segregated by giving 60 marks to theory, 20 for practicals and 20 for continuous evaluation, the mark-sheets show a division of 70:20 with 70 for theory and 20 for practicals. This has been rejected by the varsity…” said a senior official of the admission committee, as reported by The Pioneer. DU had contacted the HSBE formally a few days ago, but the officials claim that they received “no communication” from the Board. With all lines of formal communication between the Board and the varsity thus collapsing, the students are stranded and left to fend for themselves. The colleges which had previously granted admission to the candidates of the Haryana Board on the basis of documents, since discovering the loophole in their mark-sheets, have suspended their admission. Furthermore, the admission committee has notified other colleges not to proceed with the admission of these candidates from now onwards.

With thousands thronging the varsity from all across the country and the globe, and only a few days available to the students to grab their seats after a new cut-off list has been issued, being denied admission on the basis of a faulty mark-sheet comes across as something unwarranted and unfair. While the Board refuses to cooperate, the University refuses to bend its rules for anybody. This tussle could go on perennially with the chief casualties being the hundreds of helpless, innocent students unless the authorities on both ends wake up soon to resolve the matter.

However, when approached by the Press Trust of India, the varsity denied the declaration of this decision. M.K. Pandit, Chairman of the admissions standing committee, refuting the above decision stated, “There are students from Haryana who are being admitted to prestigious colleges. News relating to stalling of admissions is false!”

 

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NCWEB Launches New Teaching Centre: Seats Increase by 500

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The Non Collegiate Women’s Education Board’s (NCWEB) latest decision to open a new teaching centre at the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College has increased the number of available seats for students by a whopping 500. This is welcome news for female students from Delhi and NCR who wish to enrol into the various graduate and postgraduate courses which are on offer.  This also happens to be the 26th teaching centre of NCWEB to be launched, thus expanding the seats of this non-formal education body of the University of Delhi (DU) to over 12,000.

Dr. Anju Gupta, NCWEB’s director, states that though the non collegiate students are not allowed to pursue a full-time course alongside the course they have opted for, they can still “opt for part-time courses and jobs, provided they meet the minimum attendance criteria.” Once the cut-off is cleared, the students must come to class only once a week. Though a slightly unconventional and disconnected form of teaching for some, this could be a boon for others wishing to pursue a part-time course, in addition to the one which they are enrolled in. The non collegiate programmes utilise the existing infrastructure of DU colleges during the weekends and academic breaks, therefore adopting a low-cost teaching programme.

Currently offering B.A. and B.Com. courses, M.Sc. (Mathematics) and M.A. in 13 subjects, the first cut-off list for NCWEB’s various programmes is expected to be released on July 1.

 

With inputs from Hindustan Times

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Hurdles in the Delhi University online registration process fixed

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With the Open House over and technical glitches plaguing the online registration process, DU faces a massive uphill task from the start of the admission season itself. 

With the University of Delhi’s (DU) admission season already underway, technical glitches in the functioning of the official DU portal have left several students and parents worried or stranded. On 31st May, 2017 (Wednesday), all the tabs for online registration of merit-based courses were activated. However, several of them refused to become operational in time. The tab on academic details was activated after much delay, causing panic. Added to the confusion is the fact that the admission guidelines, which would have helped the candidates accurately calculate their aggregate while filling up the online form, have still not been posted. What was to be done at the beginning of the admission season has become another task on the ‘to-do’ list for the authorities managing the portal.

The delay in activation of tabs left several minority colleges, such as St. Stephens and Khalsa, with incomplete registrations. This comes even after DU witnessed a record 3,500 applications being registered within two hours of the activation of the online form. Also, since Wednesday was the last day of the Open House, the schedule and guidelines for the entrance tests are expected to be delayed by another week. With the Open House over and the online preparation still underway, DU faces an uphill task in managing and resolving the queries of the candidates. Clearly, the university’s centralised registration process has much to improve upon while facing a massive time-crunch, as both the candidates’ and parents’ enquiries mount with each passing day.

However, the glitches in the process was fixed recently and aspirants can now complete their applications smoothly. “The admission web portal for the undergraduate (merit based) programs is working efficiently and all the tabs are active and within two hours of opening all the tabs, more than 3,500 applicants completed their registration,” the university said in a statement.

 

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