Delhi University’s first cut off list goes high with 100% in 3 colleges

Cut offs for the admission in DU’s UG courses in 3 colleges has went sky rocket. BSc computer science, the bar was as high as 100% in at least three colleges — Acharya Narendra Dev (95-100), Atma Ram Sanatan Dharm (98-100) and Shyama Prasad Mukherjee (97-100).

This year, the cutoffs have been raised to 20% points for few courses as compared to 2012-13. This increase has been attributed to sudden fall in applicants due to rollback of 4yr UG courses.

Except courses like Sanskrit, Hindi and Anthropology, cut offs for majority of popular courses were above 93% aggregate in best of four. 

Off-campus colleges, however, has played it safe in releasing its first cut off. Zakir Husain Delhi College increased its cutoff from 70 in 2012 to 90 this year for English honours while Ram Lal Anand (evening) upped the bar for its BA programme by 20 percentage points at 85%.

However, colleges like Gargi, Deshbandhu, Acharya Narendra Dev, SGND Khalsa and host of others increased their cutoffs by over 10 percentage points. In fact, of the 57 colleges (excluding St Stephen's, Jesus and Mary, Institute of Home Economics and Lady Irwin College) 45 recorded a jump of 10 percentage points in cutoffs as compared to 2012. 

Few colleges have significantly increase their cut offs in science course, because in the decline in honour seats.

Source: TOI

Five courses put on hold by Vocational College

As the 4-yr UG course issue hasn’t settled, on Monday, College of Vocational Studies put hold on admission of vocational management courses and release cutoffs only for the courses in office management and tourism along with BCom (honours) and economics (honours).

Under the four-year undergraduate programme (FYUP), the college was allowed to launch Bachelor in Management Studies (BMS) in place of the vocational courses. Now the collage wants Delhi University to allow continuing with BMS under the three-year mode or introduce Bachelor in Business Studies (BBS) as it feels the other vocational courses have become irrelevant and cannot secure good jobs for the students.

Presently, staff association along with admission committee has put the admission on hold for 385 seats that covers human resource management, management of insurance, material management, marketing and management of retail business, and marketing and management of insurance.

According to Surender Sing, President of Staff Association, "DU should allow us to retain BMS or introduce BBS in its place in the interest of the students. We will run the courses under the three-year structure as we are against FYUP."

Source: TOI

Super 30 students face hurdle in counseling fee after JEE Advanced

Total of 27 students in Super 30 coaching center who cleared IIT JEE Advanced 2014 results are now facing a new hurdle of counseling fee which is Rs 60,000/-. 

Super 30 coaching is conducted for students from economically weak backgrounds. The result has seen good remarks from cobbler, daily wage laborers, vendors, security guards, and landless farmers, among others, cracked the competitive exam, but their parents are struggling to arrange the required fee.

Although, there are banks that offer financial help, but with that students can only pay admission. The father of Radheshyam, a physically challenged student who cracked the exam, said: "I am trying to arrange the money, but it is not easy."

The IIT-JEE advance exams are conducted to secure admission to the undergraduate programmes offered by the 16 IITs in the country and the Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad in Jharkhand. The total intake capacity of these institutes is 9,784. The score of the same can also be used to secure admission to Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology, Rae Bareli; Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune; Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram and Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

Source: India Today

Mumbai University’s new Thane campus inaugurated

The new sub-center in Thane of Mumbai University which was conceptualized 3 yrs back has been finally inaugurated. This new center is set to offer a five-year integrated management programme and an integrated law programme.

The integrated management course will offer the bachelor of management studies (BMS) at the undergraduate level, followed by the MBA, both stitched together.

However, to get an admission, varsity will be holding entrance exam for admission to the management and law programmes on July 6 and on July 13 respectively, from 11am to 1pm. All admissions will be based on the scores of All India Merit Rank of Mumbai University Common Law Entrance Test (MUCLET) and Mumbai University Common Management Entrance Test (MUCMET).

Interested students need to submit the application for the MUCLET by July 8 and for MUCMET by July 3. Each course has 60 seats. Students can log into Mumbai University website for admission www.mu.ac.in/admission/

 

Source: Times of India

57 DU colleges agree for 3 yr UG Course

Out of 64 colleges, 57 colleges that come under DU have agree to offer 3yr UG course. However, there is still no clarification on beginning of admission process for degree courses.

Colleges have sent compliance letters to the UGC; they said admissions, which should have begun Tuesday, would start only after they get clear directives. Hundreds of outstations students landed at the campus, unaware that admissions had been put on hold.

"While I firmly believe that academic matters are the privilege of the university, after I heard that the V-C had resigned I had no option but to send a report," a prominent north campus college principal said. "The report simply mentions that I have no problem with what the UGC has stated in its letter."

On Wednesday, DU is expected to send compliance report to the regulator so that the delayed admission process begins. Colleges that have not sent their response are mostly evening colleges.

Meanwhile, students enrolled in Delhi University's B Tech courses - commenced under the four-year undergraduate programme (FYUP) - heaved a sigh of relief Tuesday, as the UGC assured that their interests will be kept in mind when taking a final decision on the controversial issue.

It was earlier reported that how students will suffer, since they took admission in a B.Tech degree course but will be handed a B.Sc degree if the university reverts to the three-year programme.

Source: HT Campus