19,500 register for UG courses at DU on Day 1

19,500 register for UG courses at DU on Day 1

Shradha.Chettri@timesgroup.com

New Delhi:  21.06.2020

Delhi University’s admission process began on Saturday with 19,543 students registering for the undergraduate courses within four hours of the portal going live. The registration portal will remain open for students till July 4. As many as 5,889 students registered for admissions to the postgraduate courses and 457 for PhD.

The portal will be re-opened for students to upload their marks later. As the varsity is waiting for clarity on the CBSE board exams, the cutoff dates will also be announced afterwards.

The registrations are open for students applying for merit-based and entrance-based courses. There are 10 courses for which entrance exams are held by National Testing Agency in 20 cities. The dates are yet to be announced.

Due to the Covid-19 crisis, the admission process has seen several changes this year. While admissions under the extracurricular activities quota, except for NSS and NCC, have been scrapped, sports admissions will be based on only certificates. The admission process will be contactless and students will not have to go to college to complete the admission process. The colleges will verify the documents online.

“No application will be left undecided. It will either be approved or declined. The uploaded documents will be verified by respective colleges within the stipulated time period. If at this stage, it is found that the information given by the applicant is false and is not supported by the documents presented, the admission will be immediately cancelled. No fees will be refunded in such cases,” said Shobha Bagai, the admission branch head, at an online press meet.

Instead of the ‘open days,’ which the university used to conduct to clarify doubts related to registration and admission, Delhi University would be conducting webinars.

Bagai added, “The first few webinars will explain the registration process. Later, such webinars can be used to clarify any doubts related to the admission process.”

Earlier, the colleges used to reserve up to 5% seats for sports and ECA categories. Now wi th ECA admissions scrapped, the colleges have been asked to rework their seat matrix.

As per the information bulletin, the university will release five cutoffs. Even after this, if seats remain vacant for the general category, the colleges will be releasing a special cutoff. The cutoff for the special cutoff admissions will be the last cutoff declared by the college for a particular course.

For reserved categories, special drives will be conducted.