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DU’s Equal Opportunity Cell takes a step ahead in enabling the differently abled

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Delhi University’s Equal Opportunity Cell (EOC) runs three short-term courses for differently abled students, primarily for the students of the University apart from giving fee waivers for students from marginalised sections.

The University has received approximately 1700 applications for merit-based undergraduate courses by students with physical, intellectual, or behavioural disabilities. The University provides a reservation of upto 5% in admissions and 4% in employment for them as per the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016.

The EOC strives to make the lives of these students hassle-free by providing short term courses with a duration of 3-6 months on Sign Language Interpretation, Communicative English, and Information and Computer Technology. The courses take place at the DU-NTPC Centre at the Faculty of Arts. Stories from students’ experiences at DU bear testimony to the work done by the EOC in this direction. “We are not treated as students with special needs. Rather, we are made independent. Sometimes I forget that I am blind because I can handle everything just like any other person,” says Vijay Tiwari, a student with disability pursuing his Masters degree from the University.

As a step towards recognising the need for strict legislative policies, accessible support technology, and skills development in uplifting the differently abled, the University has started providing smartphones and smart canes to visually impaired students through the government of India’s Assistance to Disabled Persons for Purchase/Fitting of Aids/Appliances (ADIP) scheme. The students have also been provided with laptops installed with softwares that would enable them to record lectures and study them in PDF format later.

 

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Entrepreneurship Workshop by the University of Delhi for Budding Entrepreneurs

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The Centre for Science Education and Communication, University of Delhi, is organising a short-term workshop on entrepreneurship for current Delhi University students from 10th to 14th July, 2017.

The workshop aims at polishing the skills of those who have entrepreneurship talents like business organisation, investment, and risk taking. The aim is to develop the analytical abilities and strategic competencies in those who wish to get into this field and have ideas of investment and entrepreneurship. Through the development of practical skills like identification of potential opportunities and markets or creating a business plan, the workshop would aim at equipping the aspirants to tap the best opportunities and earn maximum financial and business gains.

An overview of the course is available here.

The interested students were required to send their applications with their CV and Statement of Purpose along with their entrepreneurship idea to the department. The selected candidates shall be informed on 5th July, 2017.

 

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DU Admissions: ECA trials to commence from June 17th

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Every year, various colleges under the University of Delhi conduct admissions through the Extra Co-Curricular (ECA) quota, apart from the sports and merit-based admissions procedure. This is done as a step towards promoting significant skills outside the academic sphere. Candidates seeking admission through the ECA quota are, however, provided with a maximum relaxation of 15% in their Best of Four (BoF) calculations.

Students hoping to seek enrollment through the quota may now have a look at this year’s ECA trials/audition dates, as the University declared the schedule for the same recently on its website. The schedule is as follows:

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The activities included under the Quota for evaluation are:

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Students may keep the schedule handy so as to plan their trial dates. For any further clarifications about admissions, reach us at [email protected] or [email protected].

 

Good Luck!

 

 

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Low pass percentage of BSEB students reflects in DU Undergraduate Registrations

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The extremely poor and low pass percentage of class XII students studying under the Bihar State Education Board (BSEB) has reflected in this year’s undergraduate courses’ admission registrations in University of Delhi (DU). With around 65% of the total appearing students failing miserably to pass the exam, the overall pass percentage for this year remained abysmally low at 35% in BSEB.

A drastic dip in DU admission registrations from BSEB students has been recorded as compared to the last year, with a mere 1272 registrations coming this year, as compared to last year’s 4317 registrations, forming even less than 50% of year 2016’s total BSEB admission registrations. While the results of Uttar Pradesh Board of High School and Intermediate Education, commonly called the UP Board still remain unannounced, students appearing for XII standard examinations under UP Board  contributed 5145 registrations towards the last week of DU admission registrations. Applications from this Board too, mount up to an extremely small number as compared to a massive 21606 registrations in 2016. However, the highest number of registrations has been received from the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).

Interestingly, the registrations from Punjab State Education Board have recorded a hike as compared to the previous year. The number has unexpectedly increased despite the Board not moderating marks this year, contrary to 2016.

The statistics have, every year, proven a direct relation between the efficiency of the Education Boards and the number of students making through the sky rocketing cut-offs of Delhi University colleges. According to students and faculty at DU, it is usually difficult for students studying under state boards, especially those of UP and Bihar, to reserve a seat in DU colleges, as compared to CBSE students. Records and observations continue to prove the falling efficiency of UP and Bihar State Education Boards.

With only a week left for UG admission registrations to close, no surge in the number of applications from BSEB or UP Board is expected according to the faculty at DU.

 

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