How are universities planning admission for the new academic year

How are universities planning admission for the new academic year

Due to the changed assessment this year, they are looking for an alternative method for admission

c-Puniti.Pandey@timesgroup.com

7.6.2021

With the cancellation of class XII exams, universities across the country are now contemplating alternative methods to continue the admission process for the new academic year.

University of Delhi which releases cut off for admission based on class XII results is waiting for CBSE to announce the performance of students on a ‘mature method of evaluation.’ The officials of the university expect the cutoffs to come out by July 15. JK Lakshmipat University, Jaipur is admitting students based on the marks scored by the students in class X.

This year in absence of class XII board examination, we will consider class X score and performance in co-curricular activities ( national level exams, competitions, sports, research, community service etc.) as one of the benchmarks to shortlist students. In addition, for BTech programme, JEE percentile plays an important role. Considering the pandemic, we will also consider students who appeared in JEE 2020 with valid percentile", says Pankaj Sharma, director admissions, JKLU.

“Vijaybhoomi University has taken a decision to support school students and allow them to submit the mark sheet of the XII grade by June 2022. Additionally, in case a student fails to pass the qualifying exam, we shall grant the credits earned by the students which shall be valid for 2 years. A student can then resume his/her university degree again within two years,” says Navneet Sharma, registrar, Vijaybhoomi University. This will allow students to face the exam uncertainty with confidence and ladder up into university seamlessly, he added. This deferred acceptance is being extended to all school boards such as IBDP, IGCSE, CBSE, and State Boards.

Admission to engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu is based on a common competitive Tamil Nadu Engineering Admission (TNEA) exam that is held in the last quarter of the calendar year for the next academic year, explains SRR Senthilkumar, principal, Sona College of Technology. Since CBSE, ICSE and several state boards have cancelled class XII exams, there are similar expectations from the Tamil Nadu State Education Board. “If the class XII exams are cancelled in Tamil Nadu, the TNEA 2021 may be scheduled as early as the end of July 2021; the engineering admissions could be over by end of August 2021,” he adds. At The NorthCap University, Haryana, provisional admissions to various programmes are in progress. Meanwhile, the university administration is also waiting for CBSE to release students’ results.