Delhi University could begin registration for admission to entrance test-based and postgraduate programs within the third week of July. However, with the cancellation of sophistication 12 board exams, the college remains to be ready for the Central Universities Common Entrance Test (CUCET) for undergraduate admissions.
DU Acting Vice Chancellor PC Joshi informed indianexpress.com, “We predict CUCET to develop into a actuality. The admission course of goes to be delayed until September anyway, so a central entrance examination will solely carry uniformity within the admission course of because the board has adopted completely different marking schemes for sophistication 12 college students this yr.
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The authorities is but to take a last determination on the conduct of CUCET this yr. The college had earlier despatched a proposal to the University Grants Commission (UGC), in accordance with which 50 per cent weightage could possibly be given to class 12 marks and the remaining to CUCET scores.
Joshi additional mentioned, “The last determination on CUCET is more likely to be shared by the federal government within the subsequent one week or 10 days. While we could begin the admission course of in July, admission intricacies like standards for cut-off lists, normalization of sophistication 12 marks, will be mentioned solely after the declaration of board outcomes throughout the nation.
He mentioned that if CUCET is just not applied from this yr then the college should undertake completely different strategies to normalize the marks because the boards should not following a uniform marking scheme for sophistication 12. “We do not want a certain student of the board to have an advantage over others, so we will ensure that the process followed is foolproof,” Joshi mentioned.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
