Delhi University (DU) on Friday acknowledged that it’s ‘firm’ on its choice to declare all admissions made by St Stephens College ‘null and void’ in violation of the Central Universities Entrance Test (CUET) pointers; as the school refuses to put off the interview course of for admissions, the
The faculty, asserting its minority establishment character, has talked about that it might accord 85% weightage to the CUET rating and 15% to bodily interviews for all classes of candidates, a stand strongly opposed by DU, which desires interviews to be carried out just for the reserved class college students.
On Thursday, St Stephen’s College principal John Varghese had written to DU, conveying that the school would retain its “tried and trusted” interview course of throughout admission and requested the varsity to ‘avoid creating an unpleasant situation’ for college kids searching for admission within the faculty. However, DU registrar Vikas Gupta acknowledged that the school must observe the admission pointers issued by the college.
“We will again convey to them to follow the admission guidelines issued by Delhi University. They will have to conduct admission to unreserved seats solely based on CUET scores. We are firm on our decision,” Gupta mentioned. He additional questioned the necessity for a separate mechanism for admission when the CUET is already in place.
In his letter to Gupta, the St Stephen’s principal had identified that to instantly overlook the method that the school has adopted and which the college has authorised for the final 4 a long time and extra is ‘strange indeed’.
“The decision taken by the college to retain its stellar, tried and trusted interview process and other related steps in the admission process shall continue. All candidates who apply to the college shall face the same admission procedures, without discrimination,” Varghese mentioned.
The college and the school are at loggerheads over the admission course of, with each side refusing to again down. On May 9, the varsity had written to the school, asking it to conduct admissions to the unreserved seats solely based mostly on CUET scores.
However, in an admission discover posted on its web site final month, the school mentioned it might give 85% weightage to CUET scores and 15% to interviews for all classes of scholars. The faculty additionally mentioned that it reserves the appropriate to proceed with admissions in accordance with its personal admission coverage assured to it as a minority establishment.
With inputs from PTI.
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