Now, no forms needed to apply for DU admissions

NEW DELHI: From this year, there will be no forms for applying to the various courses and colleges in Delhi University. The admission process is set to go through a sea-change from 2011-12 session as DU is doing away with the current application process.

Instead, colleges would be announcing cutoffs on the basis of their past experiences and students who have made the cutoff would be applying to the college of their choice. The university is likely to notify the new system within the next two days while the cutoffs may be released only after June 15.

Although the process appears simple at first look, several college principals visualized complications. They said cutoffs would now be done on guesswork and if a college didn't guess right, it would have to take in many more students than it can accommodate. The ostensible reason for the new system is to save time and the time saved would be used to finish semester teaching.

DU received around 1.2 lakh OMR (centralized) forms last year for a total of 54,000 undergraduate seats. DU officials announced this decision to principals of its constituent colleges in a three-hour meeting held on the North Campus on Monday. DU V-C Dinesh Singh told TOI after the meeting, "We will shortly announce a new process for applying to colleges which has been designed to ensure greater transparency and efficiency. Students will be put through far less trouble. Our decision will be notified in a couple of days."

Stunned principals raised doubts about the feasibility of the process, but DU officials assured that the process will save time and make it much easier for students.

source : TOI