College intake exceeds sanctioned strength
Following Delhi University’s strict orders to admit all admission seekers fulfilling the cut-off criteria, many colleges have admitted students beyond sanctioned strength, rising the question of limited infrastructure and human resources.
Hindu College has admitted 200 students in English (H) against 47 seats; four times the sanctioned capacity. It admitted 100 students each in history (H) and political science, almost double the sanctioned strength in the four year programme programme.
“The cut-off for English (H) in the first list was 98.5 per cent. As some seats were left vacant, we dropped cut-off to 94.5 per cent in the third cut-off. This resulted in a huge rush and we had to admit 200 students against 47 seats ,” said a Hindu College teacher.
However, some principals and academicians feel the university rules need to be reviewed.
Maharaja Agrasen College principal Dr Sunil Sondhi said, “These rules need to be reviewed in the wake of huge rush. We admitted students in different courses beyond our sanctioned strength. For instance, we are allowed 60 seats each for B.Tech. in computer science and B.Tech. in electronics but have almost double intake.”
He said that there aren’t enough teachers in the college for these subjects.
Prof. J.M. Khurana, Dean, Students Welfare, Delhi University, said that the colleges can’t overlook university rules and have to admit all students who come under the required cut-off.
The rush of students, college officials claim, was due to the centralised form which had no option to choose colleges; hence they had no idea of how many students would flock to their campuses for admission.
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