Manish Sisodia, the Delhi education minister has planned for a change in admissions procedure of the prestigious Delhi University.
He suggested that an entrance test should replace the cut-offs method for enrollment of students in DU. He has written to the Union Human Resources Development Minister, Smriti Irani for mulling over this new procedure. He termed the high cutoffs as "anomalies" and wants a change as suggested an entrance test for admissions and an extra weightage for city students in government colleges of Delhi.
"Due to anomalies in admission process of DU which is based on cut-offs, lakhs of Delhi students are suffering as applicants from state boards have more marks than them. Recently the scams behind Gujarat and Bihar toppers have also come to light and because of such practices students here are suffering. This will ensure that students from all areas get equal opportunity of admission in DU," he mentioned in his letter to Irani. "Delhi Government is giving Rs 300 crore annually for 28 DU colleges run by it. So at least in these colleges, Delhi students should get weightage of five marks from the current session to ensure no injustice is done to city students," he further added.
This step will benefit students of the Delhi NCR region if HRD ministry works upon provision of extra weightage to the students in Delhi.
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