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DU extends last date of online application till 22 June; first cut-off to be released on 30th

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Amidst the admission frenzy, Delhi University is set to change its admission itinerary and extend the online application process till 22nd June 2016. The Admission Committee, which held an urgent meeting recently, unanimously decided to extend the registration process due to OBC-category candidates seeking more time to upload their income certificates online.

Owing to the change in schedule, the first cut-off list will now be released by the university on 30th June instead. Talking to us about the same, Nachiketa Singh, a member of the Academic Council and Central Admission Committee said,”Since the OBC students belonging to the non-creamy layer are facing problem in obtaining the certificates on a short notice, the committee unanimously decided to extend the date. The closing date of admission remains 16th of August though.” The change, interestingly, has nothing to do with the DUTA’s boycott of the admission process, Singh stated.

Another major agenda of the meeting though was the varsity’s displeasure with St. Stephen’s College. The university administration is apparently miffed with the college for not following its schedule and allegedly refusing to participate in the centralised trials for sports-quota admissions.”The committee is of a unanimous opinion that St. Stephens and even Jesus and Mary College must follow the centralised procedure as notified by the varsity. The whole purpose of the High Court directive was to help the students skip the hassle of multiple trials. If the directive is not adhered to, then the university holds the right to withhold enrolment numbers of any student taking admission in these colleges. We have notified St.Stephens College about the same and are awaiting their response,” remarked Singh.

Delhi University has already received over 3 lakh applications for its undergraduate programmes.

 

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English exam paper for SOL cancelled and rescheduled after paper leak

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The English examination of BA programme from the School of Open Learning (SOL), Delhi University was cancelled on account of an alleged paper leak this Wednesday.

Students who had travelled from distant places to their respective examination centres were informed about the cancellation half an hour after the exam had begun. The paper which was leaked was being circulated on Whatsapp and this was confirmed by the authorities. Thereafter the paper was cancelled and rescheduled for June 24 at 9 am. Prior to this incident, Economics examination of SOL had also been cancelled on June 12.

Krantikari Yuva Sangathan (KYS), The Students Union of SOL will be protesting on Thursday at Arts Faculty in DU’s North campus against the inconvenience caused to students. According to Harish Gautam, a member of KYS, “The students had been allotted centres in far-flung areas. After students had reached the centres, they were told that the paper had been cancelled. This puts physical and mental as well as economic strain on students”. The teaching staff has claimed that using Government schools as examination centres has made the paper leaks possible. There have also been complaints about inadequate monitoring.

Around 55,000 students will now have to appear for the paper rescheduled. An FIR has also been lodged under section 406,409 and 120 (b) at Maurice Nagar Police station.

 

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With inputs from Hindustan Times

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Facing fraud and harassment by PG owner of Hudson Lines, students report to the police

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Pinjra Tod, which is a movement to secure non-discriminatory and affordable accommodation for women students, recently reported a case of fraud and harassment by a PG owner in Hudson Lines, North Campus, and the subsequent measures taken by the students of the PG.

The students of this women’s PG had been regularly facing harassment on several accounts, according to Pinjra Tod’s report. Rent agreements and receipts for rent paid were denied to them. The agreement initially had been for 11 months, after which the landlord was to reimburse the security deposit. Later, when the students were due to return home after their semester examinations, he began to insist that they stay for 12-13 months to receive reimbursement, else they would lose their deposit. Further, the students were forced to pay inflated electricity bills. Suspecting fraud, the students had turned off all electrical equipment to find that inspite of no use of electricity, the meters continued to run. The landlord and his family would also enter rooms and taunt or abuse the women.

Due to continued threat, abuse and harassment, 9 students of the PG filed a complaint with the police, after which the landlord called their parents up, accusing the women of ‘smoking’ and ‘drinking.’

A confrontation at the Mukherjee Nagar Police Station resulted in a victory for the women. The landlord had to return the security deposit to all 9 students, and the students have registered a complaint with the NDPL, refusing to pay the inflated electricity bills.

“This kind of harassment is very rampant throughout Delhi,” says Subhashini Shriya of Pinjra Tod. “Due to dependency of the students on the PG owner and vulnerability of the students, combined with misinformation by the PG owner to parents, students find it difficult to come out with such cases.” On the reaction of the authorities to Pinjra Tod’s demand for regularisation of PGs, Subhashini says, “DU administration says that since these are private accommodations, it is beyond the scope of their authority. There are several PGs that are not registered with the police and most PGs give no receipt on receiving rent. Neither the university nor the police has taken this up.”

Pinjra Tod has decided to prepare a blacklist of PGs based on information given in by students on cases of sexual harassment, interference of the landlord, receipt for rent paid and rent agreements. “When students seek accommodation in PGs, they must have a better understanding of the comfort and security of these places. The blacklist will serve this purpose,” says Subhashini.

Pinjra Tod is also working towards ensuring that the University implements a standardisation of rules and rents in this regard. “We would like to set in place a system where students should be able to approach the university for redressal of such grievances,” says Subhashini.

 

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DU Open Day 1: Important things to keep in mind during admission

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Every year Delhi University holds Open Days at different venues where the students aspiring for admission in the under-graduate courses can seek answers to their admission related queries.

The first day of the Open House of Admissions 2016 was held at the Conference Centre, North Campus where several students and parents were seen attending the event. The session was addressed by the Dean of Students’ Welfare, Mr. J M Khuran  and the Deputy Dean, Dr. Tuteja. 

Some important information revealed in the first session is presented as follows:

Online Application Process

This year, the central application for admissions is available on the web and has to be filled online. Even Admissions through various quotas like Extra Curricular Activities (ECA), Sports, and Kashmiri migrants is through the online portal.

Advisable to fill the form before the last date

The Dean of Students’ Wefare while addressing the audience today advised students and parents to not wait for the last date, i.e June 19th, to fill the form. Rather, it is safer to fill the form as earlier as possible.

Be patient, Do not fill Incorrect details

It was informed today that the form with incorrect details will be immediately rejected by the University and the concerned student will not be eligible for admission in undergraduate courses. Hence, it is advisable that students and parents are vigilant and patient while filling the form.

Change in the Kashmiri Migrant Quota

The quota for Kashmiri migrants which earlier could be invoked only by people based in Delhi and Jammu is now available for anyone across the nation with proper documents to support the claim.

ECA, Sports Quota

For ECA, the candidate has to submit the evidence in the form of participation/winning certificates in the concerned activity acquired the course of last three years (April 1, 2013 to 31 March 2016)

A candidate may apply for ECA or Sports quota, or even both of the quotas.

The Best of Four

For selection in Mathematical Sciences/ Science courses

On the basis of marks in P.C.M./ P.C.B. or P.C.M.B. ( P – Physics, C – Chemistry, B – Biology, M – Mathematics)

For selection in Humanities/Commerce courses

On the basis of ‘Best of Four’ Percentage which includes:-

i) One compulsory Language subject.

ii) the Discipline- 1 subject; subject in which admission is sought.

iii) Any two elective subjects, the status of elective subjects, defined as follows.

The following Discipline subjects must be treated as Academic/ Elective subjects for the purpose of undergraduate admissions. All other subjects offered by different boards may be treated as non-elective.

ELECTIVE SUBJECTS
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The student who hasn’t studied the subject he wants to take up as Discipline , shall suffer a disadvantage of 2.5 percent.

“The session was very helpful for me and all my doubts about the admission process are more or less cleared. Though, I would have wanted the Faculty to brief the students about the courses which are fairly new like Bachelor in Financial Market (BFM). Such courses are not as popular as other Honours courses and thus the students require some guidance”, said Vidhi, a BFM aspirant.

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From dates to docs : Your complete guide to UG Admissions’16

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After a lot of hustle and bustle, The University of Delhi has begun its much anticipated admissions to Undergraduate Courses via complete online registration for the session 2016-17 today. With the admissions going completely online this year, the varsity has introduced some crucial changes to the admission procedure which must be kept in mind by all the hopeful candidates. Read along as we try to collate all the important information for you about this admission season.

I. The registration process 

Every DU aspirant is required to register online on the DU UG Admissions Portal in order to be eligible for admission to various DU colleges and courses. Online registration details are available on the following UG admission portal: http://ug.du.ac.in

In order to not miss out on any crucial dates and deadlines, take a look at the important dates that you must be well versed with, in the table below:

A. Important dates: 

Online registrations begin

1 June 2016
Closing date for online registrations

19 June 2016
Release of first-cut off list

27 June 2016
Commencement of classes

20 July 2016
Closing date of admissions

16 August 2016

B. Online registration fee for admission to UG Courses (2016-17) 

The registration fee for the UG form is to be paid online. It is significant to note that a candidate’s application submission process shall be completed only after payment of the online registration fee. The fee structure for online registration for different categories are as given below:

Registration fee for UR/OBC

Rs. 100 (Non-refundable)
Registration fee for SC/ST/PwD Rs. 50 (Non-refundable)
Registration fee for Sports/ECA

Rs. 100 (Additional, Non-refundable)

After payment of the online registration fee, corrections, additions, deletions etc. in any manner shall not be allowed in the registration form. The candidates are, therefore, advised to fill their forms carefully. Candidates can fill as many Course Choices as they want. There will be no extra fee being charged for the same.

C. Important documents to keep handy during online registration 

In the Mandatory upload section, the applicant has to upload the following items:

a) Passport size photograph of the applicant. The specification of the passport size photo is same as that used in the Indian Passport.

b) Scanned signature of the applicant

c) Self attested copy of Class X Board Certificate (for the date of birth)

d) Self attested Class XII Marks-Sheet, if result is announced. (In case Mark-Sheet is not issued by the Board then the self attested copy of the Mark-Sheet downloaded from the respective boards’ website should be uploaded).

e) Self attested copy of SC/ST/OBC/PwD/KM/CW Certificate, if applicable.

f) Self attested copy of income certificate (for OBC non-creamy layer) Certificate, if applicable.

g) Self attested copy of Sport Certificate(s) for last three years, if applicable.

h) Self attested copy of Extra Curricular Activities Certificate(s), if applicable.

The University will accept self-attested copies of documents / papers provided by the students. The varsity has made it clear that if any false attestation / falsified records are detected, the student will be debarred from attending any course in the University / or its Colleges for next five years and in addition, a criminal case under relevant sections of IPC will be instituted against him/her. 

III. Eligibility criteria for various courses:

The most important question that arises while taking admission in DU is the confusion and ambiguity of whether a student is actually eligible for the course of his/her choice. The university thus, like each year, has come up with a comprehensive list of eligibility criteria for various courses across the three streams of Arts, Commerce and Science.

You can take a look at the UG Bulletin of Information for more insight about the eligibility criteria here.  

III. The Admission Process after release of first cut-off

An aspiring DU student must keep a regular check on the university website and the website(s) of the college(s) of the candidate’s choice. As per the varsity, the First Cut-Off list will be released on 27th June, 2016, therefore, a candidate must keep a tab on the DU website around the same date.

It must be kept in mind that the announcement of cut-off lists for all courses/categories (UR/OBC/SC/ST/PwD/KM) will be made through University website. Once the cut-off list is released, the candidates who meet the requisite cut-off will have to login to the UG admission portal and select the college/course where the candidate wishes to take admission and check whether he or she meets the desired cut-off criterion.

Once the candidate meets the cut-off and the rest of the criteria for the specific course he/she wants to pursue, the aspirant will have to take the print out of the admission form and together with the list of documents (as mentioned above) proceed to the respective college for verification of mark sheet, calculation of cut-off percentage depending on the course and verification of other documents. The schedule for verification of documents in the colleges is as given below:

Activity

Date

Time
Online Registration

01st June 2016 (Wednesday) at 12 noon to 19th June 2016 (Sunday) at 06:00 PM**

    –
Notification of First admission List by the Colleges

27th June 2016 ( Monday)

9 AM
Document verification and Approval of Admission

27th June 2016 ( Monday ) to 29th June, 2016 (Wednesday)

Up to 1 PM*
Notification of Second Admission List by the Colleges

01st July 2016 ( Friday )

9 AM
Document verification and Approval of Admission

01st July 2016 (Friday) to 04th July, 2016 (Monday)

Up to 1 PM*
Notification of Third Admission List by the Colleges

7th July 2016 ( Thursday)

9 AM
Document verification and Approval of Admission

7th July 2016 ( Thursday) to 9th July 2016 (Saturday)

Up to 1 PM
Notification of Fourth Admission List by the Colleges (if any) 12th July 2016 (Tuesday) 9 AM
Document verification and Approval of Admission 12th July 2016 (Tuesday) to 14th July 2016 (Thursday) Up to 1 PM*
Notification of Fifth Admission List by the Colleges (if any) 16th July 2016 ( Saturday) 9 AM
Document verification and Approval of Admission 16th July 2016 ( Saturday) to 19th July 2016 (Tuesday) Up to 1 PM

Time given in the Table is for the verification of the documents and approval of admission in the colleges. Once the college approves admission, the candidate is permitted to make online admission fee payment till 12 noon of the next day of the given admission list deadline.

For Evening Colleges however, the time would be between 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM. Once the college approves admission, the candidate is permitted to make online admission fee payment till 12 noon of the next day of the given admission list deadline. The online registration and registration fee payment shall continue till 06:00 PM of 19th June 2016. However, those applicants who have confirmed their online registration at the UG admission portal till 06:00 PM of 19th June 2016 shall be permitted to submit online registration fee till 12 noon of 20th June 2016.

IV. Admission process to be followed post the 5th Cut-Off list:

If the seats remain vacant after fifth cut-off list, the following process shall be followed to fill vacant seats in the colleges.

i. The colleges shall notify the status of vacant seats (course-wise and category-wise) on the university portal as well as on their website and college notice board.

ii. Only those candidates who had registered earlier on the UG admission portal will be eligible for this admission process. The candidate is again required to apply online through UG admission portal and choose the course/college wherever seats are available and as per the notified schedule only.

iii. The application of such candidates will be received online only for 3 days, each in two phases.

iv. The college will prepare a merit list of all candidates who have applied in the college online with their names, online registration number and Best of Four/PCM/PCB etc. (whichever is applicable) for each course and display the complete merit list on its website and notice board.

v. The college will also notify the merit list with names and registration number of candidates eligible for admission against vacant seats.

vi. The admission of the candidates, whose names appear in the merit list prepared by the college for each course, will be admitted in next two days on merit basis only against vacant seats. The admission process will however be only online as earlier.

vii. Three such lists with names of eligible candidates for admission as per the seats available should be brought out according to the schedule announced by the University.

viii. After three such cut-offs, if the seats still remain vacant or the list has been exhausted, the college will again invite applications online through university portal as above (points 2 & 3). The subsequent admission process will be similar as notified (refer points 1 to 6).

The application and Admission Schedule after Fifth Cutoff in colleges wherever seats are vacant can be accessed through the link here. 

V. Redressal of queries, important university contacts 

For any general queries related with the overall online registration or/and admission process, an applicant may write an email to the following email address: [email protected]

For any technical query related with online registration or/and admission process, please send an email to the following email address: [email protected]

Applicant may also contact colleges for any specific college related information here.  (College information tab)

Keep reading this space for more information about DU UG Admissions!

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Required Documents for Undergraduate Admissions at DU

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The University of Delhi has officially declared the date for the commencement of undergraduate admission process as June 1. The admission application process has been decided to go completely online this year including application process for ECA and Sports Quota, Kashmiri Migrants and CW (Defence) Category. Following this, DU has released a list of documents required, self attested copies of which shall be needed to be uploaded with the application.

Here’s the list of documents (self-attested) required for the application process:

1. Class X Board Examination Certificate
2. Class X Marks Sheet (In case it is not combined with certificate)
3. Class XII Marks Sheet
4. Class XII Provisional Certificate/ Original Certificate
5. Character Certificate (Recent)
6. Transfer Certificate from school/college as well as Migration Certificate from Board/ University are required from those students who have passed senior secondary exam from outside Delhi.
7. Recent photograph
8. Scanned copy of Signature
9. SC/ST/PwD Certificate (in the name of the candidate) issued by a competent authority
10. (a.) OBC (Non-Creamy Layer) Certificate (in the name of the candidate) issued by competent authority
(b.) Income Pproof
11. For Kashmiri Migrant Quota : Kashmiri Migrant Certificate issued by Divisional Commissioner/ Relief Commissioner
12. For CW Quote: Educational Concession Certificate issued by a competent authority
13. Sports/ECA Distinction Certificates for the last three years in descending order (1st April, 2013 to 31st March, 2016)

More details regarding procedures of ECA and Sports Admissions shall be released soon.

 

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DU Undergraduate Admission Process to begin from June 1

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The admissions for Delhi University undergrad courses has been pushed a week by the varsity and will now begin from 1st June, 2016.
The entire admission procedure will be conducted online this year, as opposed to last year when both online and offline applications were accepted.

DU Registrar Tarun Das said in an official statement that, “The university will be completing registration of PhD, MPhil, Postgraduate and Undergraduate courses based on entrance examination on May 31. The varsity will be launching registration of UG courses immediately after that on June 1.”

This year, registrations under the Sports quota, Extra Curricular Activities (ECA) quota, Kashmiri migrants and Defence category will also be conducted online. The candidates will be required to upload their self attested documents online.

The university had set up a 24 member committee, comprising of college principals, and deans from faculties of science, commerce or arts, to form an admission policy. The admission policy is uploaded on the website every year a week before the admission procedure begins. This year, however it isn’t clear whether the recommendations of the committee have been accepted or not by the VC. The registrar said that the bulleting of information which will include the guide to admission procedure and subsequent procedures will be uploaded on the website on the same day.

Some questions that are confusing students and parents alike, are concession to girl candidates, number of cutoff lists, admission under ECA and sports quota, formulae for calculation of best of four and the inclusion of minority colleges like St. Stephen’s and JMC in the centralized process.

 

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Guidelines for entrance based UG Admissions to DU

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Kick-starting the much anticipated admission process, the University of Delhi is holding entrance based admissions for a selected bunch of undergraduate courses this year. With courses such as BMS, B.Tech and B.A (Hons) Multimedia and Mass Communication among others, having an entrance based admission, other courses will take in admissions on the basis of the standard ‘Best of Four’ parameter.

All the candidates seeking admission to those Undergraduate (UG) courses where admission is based only on entrance examination are required to register online. You must register on the UG portal with a valid email ID and other relevant details as mentioned in the form. You can take a look at the form here. 

The Undergraduate courses to which an applicant can apply through this online registration are as following:

I. Name of Institution and courses offered:

1. Faculty of Applied Social Sciences and Humanities : Bachelor of Management Studies (BMS), B.A (Hons) Business Economics and Bachelor of Business Administration (Financial Investment Analysis).

2. Cluster Innovation Centre:  B.Tech. (Information Technology and Mathematical Innovations), B.A (Hons) Humanities and Social Sciences.

3. Central Institute of Education: Bachelors of Elementary Education (B.El.Ed.)

4. Indira Gandhi Institute of Physical Education and Sports Sciences: Bachelor of Science in Physical Education, Health Education & Sports: B.Sc. (P.E.,H.E. & S.)

5. Indraprastha College for Women: B.A (Hons) Multimedia and Mass Communication

While registrations have already begun, some important dates that the students must keep in mind are given below.

II. A list of important dates:

  • Start date for online Registration : 13th May 2016
  • Closing date for online Registration: 31st May 2016
  • *Dates for the conduct of the Entrance Examinations: 19th – 23rd June 2016
  • Announcement of Results of Entrance Examinations : On or before 4th July 2016

* For exact date of the Entrance Examination of individual Courses, candidates must visit the UG information portal here. 

Candidates must be abreast with all the details mentioned on the UG Portal’s Bulletin of Information and should keep the following material handy for upload during the filling of the online form.

III. Important documents 

i. Passport size photograph of the applicant (maximum size: 50kb; Formats: JPG/ JPEG/ PNG)

ii. Scanned signature of the applicant (maximum size: 50kb; Formats: JPG/ JPEG/ PNG)

iii. Self attested copy of Identity Proof of the applicant (maximum size: 50kb, Formats: JPG/ JPEG/ PNG).

(*Identity proof can be any one of the following documents: Aadhar Card, Driving License, PAN card, Voter’s identity card, Passport or College identity card.)

iv. Self attested copy of Class 10th Certificate (maximum size: 100kb, Formats: JPG/ JPEG/ PNG/ PDF).

v. Self attested copy of Caste Certificate, if applicable (maximum size: 100kb, Formats: JPG/ JPEG/ PNG/ PDF).

The admission to the UG courses mentioned above will be done through two tier process, which will comprise of the written test followed by the Interview/Group Discussion of the short-listed candidates.

It is important to note that in case a candidate wishes to apply in more than one Course then the candidate will have to fill separate registration form for each Course. The same login details shall be valid for all the registration forms filled by the candidate. Candidate shall be required to pay separate registration fee for applying to each Course.

All hopeful applicants applying to courses, the admissions to which are based on an entrance test, must familiarise themselves with the Bulletin of Information that has been notified by the varsity.

 

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Delhi High Court issues notice to DU on inadequate hostel accommodation

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After three years of protesting, there finally appears a ray of hope.

The Delhi High Court on Monday, 2nd of May, demanded a response from Delhi University concerning the issue of rent regulation and hostel accommodation. It is after years, that a definitive action is being taken on the matter.  In a Public Interest Litigation, it was demanded from the varsity that they act on providing hostel accommodation to all the regular students and especially the ones coming from the weaker sections of the society.

Praveen Singh, a DU alumnus who has been at the forefront of the protests, has alleged that considering the number of student who get admission into DU every year, the number of hostel seats are far from accommodating. It has been repeatedly demanded from the University authorites and the Delhi government that there be adequate hostel facilities and rent regulation. Stipend for the students who do not get into hostels and opening up of the hostel mess for the non residential students are issues also included in the PIL.

The university counsel has been asked by a division bench comprising of Chief Justice G. Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath to take action on the subject. A further hearing has been scheduled for July 18.

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With DU yet to find records, Smriti Irani’s degree remains a mystery

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After carrying out relentless searches, Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani’s bachelor’s degree seems to have consigned to oblivion by the University of Delhi. Failing to furnish documentary evidence of Irani’s educational qualifications, the Assistant Registrar of School of Open Learning (SOL), DU, Mr. O.P. Tanwar was quoted as saying, “1996 documents related to her BA are yet to be found,” as he addressed the court.

The varsity’s move came in response to the court’s earlier order for summoning the minister’s documents from its School of Open Learning department on the allegation of a discrepancy in the affidavits she filed in 2004 and 2011. While her 2004 affidavit claims that she completed her BA in 1996, another affidavit by her for the 2011 Rajya Sabha poll from Gujarat mentions her highest qualification as B.Com (Part I) from DU.

The case, which came into limelight following a complaint by Ahmer Khan, a freelance writer, Smriti Irani’s educational status has been in question ever since. The complainant had alleged that the HRD minister had deliberately produced false affidavits and thus is liable for punishment under relevant sections of IPC (Indian Penal Code) and under section 125A of Representation of the People Act (RPA). Section 125A of RPA deals with penalty for filing false affidavit and entails a jail term of upto six months or fine or both.

The Assistant Registrar also informed the court that Irani’s Class 12 documents, submitted along with the admission form of B.Com (H) course, were yet to be found. He was however quick to add that “verification must have been done before the admission”, as he was quoted by a national daily.

However, it seems like faking one’s educational degree is the new fad that’s become increasingly popular with our politicians and PM Narendra Modi has become the recent victim of this trend.

Talking about the issue, Teacher Representative of Executive Council, University of Delhi, Ms. Abha Dev Habib told us, “Whether it is the degree of the HRD Minister or the PM, it will be unfortunate if they make claims of having a degree they don’t hold in the first place. And it is strange that the university doesn’t have records. There is definitely pressure but this is nothing less than a blatant excuse. To me, degree doesn’t matter, but the ministers are the role models for the general public and information must be furnished by the varsity on the same.”

Commenting on the current state of the Ministry of Education’s working, she added, “I am not disappointed that she doesn’t have a degree, what I am disappointed with is the continuos interference of the ministry in the education system. The hasty implementation of CBCS system in less than 7 months is the biggest case in point. It is all about rational thinking and a scientific temperament to be able to take decisions, degree doesn’t matter here.” Also talking about the recent controversy surrounding the degree of PM Modi, she further connoted, ” The PM wants to talk to the nation on Mann Ki Baat but what perturbs me is his silence on issues of importance. Whatever the degree may be, it should be truthfully embraced.”

The court also asked SDM of north Delhi to bring documents filed by Irani with the affidavit for contesting 2004 polls from Chandni Chowk constituency here and fixed the matter for further hearing on June 6. The pivotal question here however remains whether power gives an easy escape route to politicians to distort their educational qualifications.

We previously did a report on the suspension of 5 officials of School of Open Learning for leaking documents related to the HRD Minister. You may take a look at the report here. 

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