There has been a demand to start admission again in Delhi University. The Delhi government has made this demand. He says that the seats in the university are vacant, so admission should be started again.
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The seats for undergraduate courses in Delhi University are still lying vacant. These seats are vacant in different courses. Keeping this in mind, the Delhi government has demanded to give admission to Scheduled Castes / Scheduled Tribes (SC / ST) on these seats. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s government Delhi University A letter has been written to K Vice Chancellor Yogesh Singh. It has been urged in this letter that SC-ST students are facing difficulties in admission. Therefore, to fill the vacant seats, the cut-off of the courses should be reduced.
The admission process for undergraduate courses in DU has been done for the first time through the Central University Entrance Test (CUET). CUET Exam was completed in December last year. However, thousands of seats could not be filled during this period out of the total 70,000 seats available under various DU UG courses.
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Admission will not start again
However, it has been clarified by Delhi University that there will be no re-admission on vacant seats. The Vice Chancellor denied any plans to re-open admissions. He said that the studies of the first semester are on the verge of ending, in such a situation it is not possible to take new students.
Reserved category seats lying vacant in DU
Delhi’s Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe Welfare Minister Rajkumar Anand on Friday wrote a letter to the DU Vice-Chancellor, requesting him to fill vacant seats in DU-affiliated colleges by reducing the cut-off number for SC-ST students. Anand had said, “Thousands of seats reserved for SC students in DU are lying vacant in the current year, because this year the old procedure for admission of these students is not being followed and admission is obtained through CUET.” Getting on the basis of marks or rank.
He said that earlier Delhi University used to reduce the cut-off marks if the SC seats remained vacant. Anand claimed, ‘The old procedure is not being followed in the current year. Since the admission of SC students is being done on the basis of marks/rank obtained in CUET, SC and ST students are facing problems.
Rajkumar Anand said, ‘Delhi government led by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has asked the Vice Chancellor of DU to revisit the issue and relax the admission criteria to fill the vacant seats by lowering the cut-off marks for SC students. requested to give. We are committed to provide quality education to the poorest of the poor children.
What did the DU Vice-Chancellor say?
In this academic session in DU, more than 65,000 seats of graduate courses have been filled. Whereas, around 5,000 UG seats remain vacant in various colleges of the university. Yogesh Singh said that seats are vacant only in those courses, which are not in demand.
He said, ‘I know the seats are vacant, but there is no demand for the respective courses. We have taken all steps to ensure that the seats are filled. However, the seats have remained vacant. We have completed the admission process for this year and even the first semester is about to end. It is not possible to restart the admission process.
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