The aspirants can start
applying for admission to Delhi University from June 4 to 18. The varsity
for the first time has decided to give out the centralized application
forms online as well as over the counter. The online forms can be well
accessed on DU official website, while the physical forms will be available
at post offices across the city instead of colleges this year. The DU officials
said that there are likely to be 15 to 16 post offices from where the forms
can be purchased and submitted. The cost of the form has been doubled to
Rs. 100 this year.
Though the university
had discontinued the registration process last year as an experiment, the
forms will make a come back this year. The Dean of student's welfare, J.M.
Khurana said that besides the online forms, offline forms will also be
available at the offices this year and they thought that it would for comfortable
for candidates as the post offices exist in all zones. Moreover, candidates
will be spared the trouble of commuting to colleges to get the forms. They
have also expected an approx. of 30,000 to 40,000 aspirants outside the
city to apply online.
Khurana further added
that the admission seekers will get more time to buy and submit the forms
at post offices as compared to colleges. He said that the post offices
will sell and receive forms from 10 am to 4 pm. Earlier the forms at colleges
were available only from 10 am to 1 pm and hence doubling the time is almost
like doubling the number of days, he said. Also, no colleges this year
will be allowed to give out its own application forms.
For SC/ST as well as disabled
candidates, the admissions will be conducted by the university with no
provision for applying online. The class XII board results are expected
to be declared by the last week of May, following which the varsity will
start organizing open days for guiding aspirants through the admission
process. No special assistance however will be available at the post offices
to counsel candidates at the time of filling up or submitting the forms.
A DU official added on
this note that people usually do not have much problem in filling up forms.
He said that in any case, they have their information center where the
candidates can call with their queries. The official also added that they
will conduct the open days, though the schedule has not yet been decided
and one of the open days will also be recorded and uploaded on the DU official
website. At these open days, the faculty and the DU students will give
a presentation on courses and colleges while the faculties will take direct
questions from the candidates, the official said.
Delhi University was considering
three different proposals for reforms in UG admissions this year. Hence,
the decision to introduce online as well as offline forms at post offices
was taken at a meeting of the standing committee on Thursday. A hi-powered
committee of college principals was formed by the DU to chalk out a reform
plan for admissions. However, there is still no word on sports and extra-curricular
admissions, though sports admissions are likely to be centralized this
year.
Besides the online forms,
offline forms will be available at post offices this year. We thought it
would be more comfortable for candidates as post offices exist in all zones.
Candidates will be spared the trouble of commuting to colleges to get the
forms. |