The protest was organised by Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP). A large number of students had gathered and demonstrated outside the Faculty of Law.
According to students, the Faculty of Law, however, admitted that "there have been some lapses", and assured them of taking the correctional steps.
The ABVP claimed that in the result published few days ago, the students were either allotted zero mark or shown "absent".
Meanwhile, the students have submitted that they were told fresh announcement of results would be done soon.
A senior police official said that the video was of October 14. On that day, the Diwali festival was being organised at the college campus, The festival was open to only the girl students, but the boys entered the college after they came to know about the fest.
Delhi Commission for Women Chief Swati Maliwal also took to Twitter and raised questions about the safety and security of the girl students.
"This is a security breach as boys are entering Delhi University's Miranda College. They are climbing the college's boundary wall. A number of molestation complaints were reported after the boys entered the college," she tweeted.
Maliwal said that they have issued a notice to the Delhi Police and college administration regarding the incident.
The Delhi Police said that they were looking into the matter and a team was formed to identify the accused men who climbed over the wall and a gate.
The Common University Entrance Test (CUET)-UG which was scheduled to end on August 20 will now conclude on August 28. Admission to all undergraduate courses in the university will be done through CUET.
The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Saturday announced that the test, which was cancelled last week, will now be conducted from August 24 to 28 and fresh admit cards will be issued.
"The admission process is expected to stretch longer by a week as CUET was rescheduled. The entire admission process will take over a month," said a senior Delhi University official.
"The admission process is now expected to be completed by September-end and classes for first-year students to begin in the first or second week of October.
"Earlier, the university was planning to start the classes by September-end," the official added.
The admission process is likely to begin later this month with the Dean of Admission Haneet Gandhi, saying the Common Seat Allocation System (CSAS) portal will be open by August third week for aspirants to fill out applications.
Admission through the CSAS will be conducted in three phases submission of the CSAS 2022 application form, selection of programmes and filling of preferences, and seat allocation and admission.
It is the second phase where the score of CUET is required. The second phase of the admission process can only begin after the declaration of CUET(UG) 2022 results.
A candidate will have to select programmes in which they want to take admission. They will have to confirm the programme-specific CUET (UG) merit score for all the selected programmes.
In the third phase, seats will be allocated through a merit list.
This is the first time that the admissions at the university, which used to witness skyrocketing cutoffs for UG admissions every year, will be conducted through an entrance test.
The University Grants Commission (UGC) had in March announced that it will be mandatory for all central universities to admit students through CUET.
The second phase of CUET-Undergraduate, which began last Thursday, was marred with glitches causing trouble to students who were sent back from exam centres.
On Thursday, the first shift of the exam was cancelled at several centres across 17 states, while the second shift was cancelled at all 489 centres. On Friday, the exam was cancelled at 50 centres.
Anticipating a similar situation on Saturday, the agency cancelled the CUET-UG for the day at 53 centres and sent messages to candidates about its postponement on Friday night.
UGC Chairman Jagadesh Kumar had on Sunday said there were "indications of sabotage" and hence the exams were cancelled at various centres.
The DU slipped by a spot to the 13th position this year in the Ministry of Education's NIRF rankings issued earlier this month.
The committee headed by DU Director South Campus Prakash Singh will also hold discussions on the size of the student groups for lectures, practicals and tutorials to ensure the optimal use of the varsity's facilities including lab equipment.
"The University of Delhi has constituted a committee to study, discuss and revisit provisions related to the student-teacher ratio and size of the student groups for lectures/practicals/tutorials," read the notification issued by the varsity.
The Delhi University is ranked behind city-based Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI), which bagged the second and third positions, respectively, in the NIRF under the university category.
Prakash Singh, the head of the newly-formed committee, said the body is an outcome of the NIRF ranking.
"These exercises are the outcome of that (NIRF) ranking. We have been publishing a lot. You will be surprised to know that our publication ratio is much more than our other universities but we are placed on the 13th. It is also an alarming situation for us," he said.
"We have been doing much better in other areas because of several reasons including perception and student-teacher ratio and because of faculty strength. We are somewhere below," he added.
The committee will focus on improving the student-teacher ratio and ensuring facilities provided by the varsity are used optimally, told Prakash Singh
"The number of students in the varsity has increased owing to the rise in the number of seats due to the introduction of various kinds of reservations including OBC and EWS. But the university did not work on improving the student-teacher ratio. The focus of the committee would be to improve that ratio. Moreover, we will also focus on ensuring whatever facilities we have in our university are used optimally," he informed.
Last year, the university was ranked 12th in the NIRF rankings, while it was ranked 11th in 2020, at the 13th spot in 2019 and ranked seventh in the university category in 2018.
The Delhi University has scored 43.1 in teaching, learning and resources (TLR), a marginal improvement from last year when it had scored 42.65 in the same domain. However, it is way behind JNU and JMI which have a TLR of 71.94 and 68.17, respectively.
Speaking to PTI, DU VC Yogesh Singh had noted, "We will have to improve on the research factor. The low student-teacher ratio could be one of the reasons for the decline in rankings."
"We are in the process of hiring teachers, but the results will show in the next couple of years. Some changes might be visible the next year, but the actual results will only be seen in the next two years," he said.
As per the release, classes for the first semester UG courses will commence on November 22. However, the first-year even semester classes will begin on April 7, 2022.
Similarly, classes for the first semester PG courses will commence on December 1, but the first-year even semester classes will begin on April 16.
Conduct of Exam for UG Courses
First Batch/First Semester: From March 21 to April 4, 2022
Even Semester/First Year: From August 5 to August 22, 2022
Note: The commencement of the next academic session for this even-semester first-year students will begin on August 26, 2022.
Conduct of Exam for PG Courses
First Batch/First Semester: From March 30 to April 12, 2022
Even Semester/First Year: From August 12 to August 25, 2022
Note: The commencement of the next academic session for this even-semester first-year students will begin on August 26, 2022.
DU Academic Calendar for Undergraduate Courses
DU Academic Calendar for Postgraduate Courses
After the Delhi Disaster Management Authority gave permission to reopen educational institutions on August 30, the prestigious university also resumed its online classes.
However, the University will reopen for the students amid certain guidelines for which SOPs have been released. It should be noted that while there will be a resumption of physical classes, online classes will continue for students.
Thus, both online and offline teaching method will be followed by the University in a phased manner.
However, as per the official notice by the University Grants Commission (UGC), universities will have to follow the prescribed Covid-19 guidelines such as self-monitoring of health and reporting immediately in case of any illness, use of Arogya Setu App wherever convenient, washing hands at regular intervals, and maintaining a six-feet-social distancing.
Meanwhile, several other educational institutions such as Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) have also reopened in Delhi for physical classes.
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The last date for filling forms for seeking admissions to UG programmes is August 31. The admission process will be strictly online.
DU Vice-Chancellor P.C. Joshi said, it is true that this year a large number of students have secured good marks in Central Board of Secondary Examination (CBSE). "We have full respect for the results released by the CBSE and other state boards. The seats in colleges can be increased if required," he said.
Many DU colleges already have had a very high cut-offs for admissions in various courses. These colleges include Hindu College, Hansraj College, Ramjas College, Daulat Ram College, Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC) and St. Stephen's College.
The DU V-C said, this time the merit list may soar up even higher as compared to previous years. However, despite this, admissions in DU will be conducted on the basis of merit only.
The admission process for the UG courses in DU began on Monday (August 2) while that for the postgraduate programme started from July 26.
DU has decided to maintain the eligibility criteria of the last year for the benefit of the students keeping in view the challenges faced by the varsity due to the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic.
According to DU V-C Joshi, the varsity has also decided that there will be no change in the registration fee for merit-based and entrance test-based admissions. Centralized UG admissions will be done through a registration-cum-application form. All departments for entry to colleges will use the same registration-cum-application form for admissions and candidates will not have to fill any other form.
For PG programmes, candidates will have to fill up a registration form but have to pay a separate registration fee for opting for more than one PG programme.
The registration process for 20,000 postgraduate (PG) seats and for the Delhi University Entrance Test (DUET) courses will begin on July 26, he said.
The last date for registration of PG programmes is August 21 and for UG programmes is August 31.
"To make the admission process hassle-free, a dedicated portal for admissions will be launched soon. This will facilitate students to fill the forms, pay fee and check all details without any problem from the comfort of their home," the VC said.
University officials present at the press conference said admission for the sports quota will be done on the basis of certificates like last year.
"We have had an intensive meeting of our education committee and have now come up with the dates for admission for this academic session," the VC said.
The admission process will be completely online like last year, he added.
Joshi said the registration process for MPhil and PhD will also begin on July 26 and the last date will be August 21.
"The admission to undergraduate courses will be merit-based, like previous year. There will be no change in the eligibility criteria for the candidates," he said.
Like last year, the admission process will be completely online this year too and efforts will be made to make it smooth, he said.
The varsity has also decided that there will be no change in the registration fees for merit-based and entrance-based admissions.
The varsity said the first cut off will be released in the first week of September and academic session will begin latest by the second week of October.
"We are hoping to release first cut-off list between September 7 and 10. Admission process is likely to be completed in September. We are anticipating the start of the new academic session from October 1 but if the process takes more time, then we are planning to start it latest by October 18 this year," Rajiv Gupta, chairperson Admissions, who was also present in the press conference, said.
Last year Delhi University's academic session started on October 18.
University's cut-off had been soaring for past few years for UG courses. Last year cut-offs has gone as high as 100 per cent for some colleges.
Last year Lady Sri Ram College for Commerce had released its cut off-list at 100 per cent for some honours UG courses.
The board exams were cancelled this year due to Covid and the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) had said it will be adopting 30:30:40 formula for evaluation of marks for class 12 students based on results of class 10, 11 and 12 respectively.
"We have faith in the marking system of the CBSE and we will honour it. We are constantly in touch with our colleges regarding modalities of cut-offs. A calendar regarding release of cut-off dates will also be issued soon," Gupta said.
Number Of DU Courses For Which Entrance Tests Will Be Held Increased To 13
The number of Delhi University courses for which entrance tests will be held have been increased from nine to 13 from this year, officials said on Saturday.
The four new courses for which entrances will be held from this year are Bachelor in Physiotherapy, Bachelor in Occupational Therapy, Bachelor of Prosthetics and Orthotics, and Masters of Physiotherapy.
"From the academic year 2021-22 onwards, admissions to Bachelor in Physiotherapy, Bachelor in Occupational Therapy, Bachelor of Prosthetics & Orthotics, and Masters of Physiotherapy will be done through Delhi University Entrance Test (DUET).
"This is an effort in line with the National Education Policy motive of one university one examination," Rajiv Gupta, chairperson, Admissions, said.
Gupta said DUET-2021 for all PG programmes, selected undergraduate programmes and M.Phil and Ph.D programmes will be conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) for which the dates will be announced soon.
He said for admissions this year, the number of test centres will also be increased.
"This year, University of Delhi is planning to increase the number of test centres for DUET. This was one of the prominent demands of candidates," he said.
A varsity statement released later in the day also said, "Non-NET candidates who are desirous of seeking admissions to Ph.D. and MPhil programmes will have to appear for DUET-2021."
All entrance tests will be conducted through NTA's computer-based mode, the statement added.
One of the most sought-after colleges, Lady Shri Ram (LSR) College which had set the highest cut-off at 98.75 per cent in the first list, dropped it by one per cent to 97.75 per cent in the second list.
The equally sought-after SRCC, in the varsity's North Campus, had set its first cut-off, announced on June 19, at 98.50 per cent.
The cut-off for B.Com (Honours) was 97.75 per cent in the first list, while in the second, it is 97.37 per cent.
For Journalism course, the highest cut-off, set by the Delhi College of Arts and Commerce at 98.50 per cent, dropped it to 97.25 percent in the second cut-off list.
A senior Delhi Police officer told mediapersons that the charge sheet was filed on Monday against the four on charges of "stalking, drunken driving and insulting the modesty of a woman".
In April 2017, four DU students were arrested for "chasing, misbehaving and overtaking" Smriti Irani's car in an inebriated state in the Chanakyapuri area here.
They were arrested following a complaint by the Minister's security staff.
"The sexual harassment of a female student in a cluster bus shows that the Delhi government's promise of ensuring women's safety by deploying marshals and equipping buses with closed-circuit televisions has fallen flat," Swaraj India spokesperson and its Delhi unit President Anupam said.
The party's student wing 'Youth for Swaraj' plan to meet Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Delhi Police Commissioner Amulya Patnaik and Delhi University Vice Chancellor Yogesh Tyagi to demand steps to ensure women's safety, he said.
Anupam said the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) once played a key role in the Nirbhaya movement and had been in power since 2015 and yet cases of molestation and sexual harassment are on the rise.
"Even Delhi Transport Corporation buses and cluster buses are not secure in the national capital, which is a matter of great shame.
"What happened to the promise of women's security force? Where are CCTVs supposed to be installed in buses? Where are marshals inside DTC buses? what has the Delhi government done to improve the last-mile connectivity?" he asked, demanding the culprit in the case be arrested at the earliest.
At the close of admission for Undergraduate Courses (merit based) as per the latest list on Friday, the university announced it had received a total of 56,652 paid applications. Although the number exceeds the total number of seats available (54,000), a senior university official said that the admissions cannot be called over yet.
"The number (of applications received) include the supernumerary seats as well, we do not know yet how many of them are still vacant.... But at this moment, it is very difficult to say whether there will be another list because of constant movement of students from one college or another," the official told IANS.
The primary reason for the still 'vacant' seats is not the lack of applicants, he said, but because of the movement of students, who leave for another college after securing admission in one, as they see a dip in the percentage with the issue of a new cut-off.
For example, if there is a dip of one per cent in a certain course in Zakir Hussain Morning College, a student from the college's evening adjunct may apply for the morning one, admission in which he may have missed out of due to that one per cent, the professor said.
"There's no end to this movement from one course or college to another till the end, which is the reason why colleges show vacant seats till late," he said adding that over-admissions are also not uncommon, since they need to keep a buffer to counter the cancellations which occur often.
The first cut-off was issued on June 20 and the classes in the DU started in July 20.
The most sought after courses are B.A.(Hons) English, B.Com., B.Com.(Hons.), B.A.(Hons.) Economics and B.A. Programme.
"We have received a very good response. The total applicants are 40,143, of whom 28,864 have already filled their personal details sections," a varsity statement said.
Of the candidates who have filled in personal details, 16,137 are male and 12,720 female. Seven candidates registered themselves as 'others'.
Of those who have filled in personal details, 19,436 belonged to general category. Other Backward Class (OBC), Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes candidates are 5,844, 2,783 and 801 respectively.
The admission process for undergraduate courses (merit based) was started on Monday with the beginning of online registrations at 6 p.m.
The last date for registration is June 12. The first cut-off will be announced on June 20.
The decision was taken at the executive council meeting of the university yesterday. The emergent meeting was primarily organised to discuss issues pertaining to general provident fund (GPF), monthly pension, cumulative provident fund (CPF) and lump sum money at retirement for teachers.
"Despite dissents from members, the university decided to file SLP (Special Leave Petition) in the apex court, " said a council member Rajesh Jha.
"We also submitted a statement of concerns over pension issues signed by five council members during the meeting," he added.
The proceedings of the meeting held at Viceregal Lodge in the North Campus of the varsity started at around 3 PM and concluded at around 1 AM.
The move to challenge the HC judgement has come under attack from a large number of teachers of the varsity.
"The division bench judgement was earned by hundreds of university employees after more than a decade of litigation involving huge legal expenses," Nandita Narain, the DUTA president said.
DU employees are deeply disappointed with the "callous approach" of the MHRD in not complying with the HC judgment, she added.
The Delhi University Teachers' Association (DUTA) organised a dharma outside the meeting venue to flag their concerns.
"Regarding pension issue, the MHRD does not want to spend money on anything and pensions of several employees who retired after 2014 have not been issued," Narain charged.
Absorption of ad-hoc teachers as permanent ones and issues of physical education teachers were some of other important concerns that were raised during the meet.
Delay in absorption of ad hoc teachers as permanent employees and promotions also were raised.
"We have raised some issues like delay in confirmation of jobs, problems faced by physical education teachers and counting of ad hoc experience in promotion," said a member of the council.
"There is complete lawlessness and you have stuck your head in the sand like an ostrich," a bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and Deepa Sharma told the university.
It also told the varsity that the court "would not permit lawless elements to roam free in the campus".
The court was hearing a plea initiated by it on an alleged assault on the Dean and some professors of DU's Law Faculty by some students last year.
The Delhi Police also felt some heat from the bench which said this was a "law and order situation" and the courts cannot be expected to "police the law faculty" in DU.
"Should we wield the baton now," it asked the police.
The court told the agency that it had earlier also observed that "inevitability of punishment would be the only deterrent" against lawless behaviour.
The remarks from the bench came after the police told the court that the student in question, former DUSU President Satender Awana, continued to intimidate the teaching faculty despite several FIRs against him.
It also told the court that it has filed two chargesheets against Awana in connection with the incidents of violence against the law faculty members, including Dean Ved Kumari.
The police, represented by its standing counsel Rahul Mehra, said that chargesheets were filed on October 17 in the trial court and the next date of hearing there was on January 9, 2018.
The bench, thereafter, listed the matter for further hearing on November 15 so that the amicus curiae appointed by it can peruse the chargesheets filed by the police.
Delhi police was also given time to file a status report in the matter.
The Supreme Court had on June 24 directed all state boards to declare the internal assessment results of Class 12 by July 31 and gave them 10 days to formulate and notify their evaluation schemes.
Rajeev Gupta, chairman, DU admissions, told PTI, "We might start the registration process (for admissions) by the third week of July. There are chances that we might start the registration process for the nine entrance-based courses and postgraduate courses by that time in the first phase and then the registration process for the merit-based courses. The gap between the two phases won't be more than a week or 10 days."
He, however, said there is a possibility that all state boards may not declare Class 12 results by July 31.
Separately, DU released its one-year report card on Monday.
It stated that the admission process was entirely conducted online last year in view of the coronavirus pandemic and students did not have to visit colleges or departments at all.
Students used online platforms for the admission process, accessing the admission list, payment of fees etc. from the comfort of their homes, the university said, adding that the verification of documents was also done online.
"The university devised ways, with its resources and expertise, to meet the novel challenges, offering appropriate solutions at every step of the way," it said.
Applicants choosing the following courses having 1,600 seats should take up entrance test - Bachelor of Management Studies (BMS), Bachelor of Business Administration (Financial Investment Analysis), BA (Hons) Business Economics, BA (Hons) Humanities and Social Sciences, Bachelor of Elementary Education (B.El.Ed.), Bachelor of Science in Physical Education, Health Education & Sports: B.Sc. (P.E., H.E. & S.) B.A. (Hons.) Multimedia and Mass Communication , B.Tech. (Information Technology and Mathematical Innovations) B.A. (Hons.) Music.
Whereas, applicants choosing other courses will be evaluated on cut-off marks based on Class XII Board results.
Its first cut-off list will be announced on June 20. As of now, there are total six cut-off dates announced. However, further cut-off lists may be announced depending on vacant seats in colleges, a statement said.
Some of the mandatory uploads that an applicant has to make during online registration include passport size photograph, scanned signature, class X board certificate, among others.
All applicants have to make an online registration fee depending on the categories they belong.
"The students can apply for multiple programmes without paying an extra fee," said the release.
A 10-day counselling session of the Delhi University will begin on May 22 wherein students seeking admission can get guidance.
Besides, to attract more African students, the university has taken a slew of measures such as extension of online registration for foreign nationals till May 31 and answering their queries via email.
The CBSE has urged the DU to set the last date of submission of the application after the end of re-evaluation process.
Advancing its process of declaration of results, the CBSE in 2019 announced the Class 12 results within 28 days of examinations getting over. The board usually announces the Class 12 results in the third week of May.
The board announced the results early in keeping with the Delhi High Court's 2018 order in which it directed the CBSE to announce results early and speed up the re-evaluation process.
The directive came after a student was denied admission to a DU college in 2018 because of delay in the re-evaluation process.
A CBSE official said as per the court's directive, it had advanced dates of examination, declaration of results and the process of verification and re-evaluation.
The board has now written to the DU Registrar to align the admission process as per the CBSE schedule. The CBSE has also put up a tentative schedule for the verification of marks and re-evaluation on its website.
A board official said the DU now has to set the last date of submission of application after the CBSE re-evaluation process was over.
Students can apply for re-evaluation of their Class 12 marks between May 24 and May 25. The board, however, has not announced the dates for completing the process.
The DU is yet to announce its admission schedule. St Stephen's college, which is not part of the centralised admission process, has announced admission schedule. The registration process for the college will begin on Wednesday.
Students will be able to edit their forms once after filling them at an additional price of Rs 100 during the registration process.
Cancellation fee has been increased from Rs 500 to Rs 1000 in order to ensure students weigh their options and seek admissions. Only one cancellation is allowed per cut-off List.
The university dashboard will be an interactive one where students will be able to see the number of seats up for grabs, how many of them have been filled for the courses a student is applying for so that they do not end up applying to a college where seats have already been filled.
Yoga, which was part of the sports quota list in the Delhi University till last year, will now be a category under the Extra Curricular Activities.
The varsity has included Modern Indian Languages in the list of academic subjects which means if students choose these as one of their main subjects for calculating their best of four marks, they will not face 2.5 per cent deduction of marks, which was the norm till last year.
Different state boards have different subjects with various nomenclature, but similar curriculum to the CBSE subjects, which are considered as standard by the DU. Earlier, students from the other boards would face 2.5 per cent deduction in marks, but this will not happen now.
A suggestive online calculator will also be there when students fill in their marks. Officials claimed that the admission portal is mobile-friendly and can even run on a 2G network.
The National Testing Agency will be conducting entrance exams of more than 180 courses, including 11 undergraduate programmes, of the Delhi University.
This year, the varsity will be effecting a 10 per cent increase in seats for economically weaker sections and there will be a rise of close to 6,000 seats, taking the total number of seats for undergraduate courses to 62,000.
There will be separate cut-offs for students belonging to the EWS category.
The eight evening colleges are likely to carry out their admission process between 11 am and 5 pm to ensure that outstation students do not face any inconvenience. Four of these colleges have the same persons discharging the duty of principal of both evening and morning colleges.
This time, the varsity has also made it mandatory that the departments carry out forensic examination of marksheets and documents submitted for postgraduate admissions, in order to avoid a case like that of former DUSU president Ankiv Baisoya who allegedly submitted fake marksheets.
The varsity has tied up with the CBSE and gained access to its database of results from 2014 to 2019.
The DU has also advised the colleges that give relaxation to women in cut-offs to have a uniform policy and not varying percentages of relaxation.
It is beleived that the Board has decided to take such step following the High Court's order to declare Class 12 results early to ensure that candidates get enough time to apply for admissions.
“CBSE re-evaluation result will be announced in the first week of June and students will have the time to update their marks in the application form based on their improved score,” The Indian Express quoted a source from the admissions council of University of Delhi (DU) as saying.
It is worth mentionin that undergraduate admissions in DU have already begun. “As per the directives of the Delhi High Court, CBSE has preponed all its activities of conduct of examination, declaration of result and process of verification and re-evaluation,” CBSE PRO, Rama Sharma had earlier said.
Meanwhile, on the re-evaluation and improvement exam result, Sharma told The Indian Express, “We cannot give an exact date for result yet but the re-evaluation process is as per the schedule and in line with the letter we have written to the DU.”
A total of 12,87,359 students appeared for CBSE Class 12 board exam- 7,48,498 boys and 5,38,861 girls. Kendriya Vidyalaya topped among the institutions with highest number of passing students with 98.54 pass percentage.
It is believed that the Board has decided to release the result a bit early following the High Court’s order to declare Class 12 results early to ensure that candidates get enough time to apply for admissions.
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A total of 12,87,359 students had appeared for CBSE Class 12 board exam this year- 7,48,498 boys and 5,38,861 girls. Kendriya Vidyalaya topped among the institutions with highest number of passing students with 98.54 pass percentage.
This year, the DU's admissions committee has mapped different subjects from various state boards that have different nomenclature but similar curriculum as the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) subjects, which are considered standard by the varsity.
Some of these subjects are biochemistry, which is taught by the Jammu and Kashmir Board but is similar to biology, civics which is a subject under the Uttar Pradesh Board.
Earlier, students from other boards would face 2.5 per cent deduction in marks since these subjects would fall under the category of vocational subjects, but this year students will not lose out on marks.
However, if a student finds that the subject he or she studied in his or her respective board is similar to the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) class 12 syllabus, they can approach the varsity.
"If a paper's title does not match with what is specified by the DU, it is mandatory for the applicant to provide a content equivalence certificate from the principal or head of the Institution last attended, certifying that the paper's content is equivalent to the NCERT class 12 syllabus for that paper," according to the Delhi University admission bulletin.
The equivalence certificate must be accompanied by a copy of the syllabus of the paper attested by the principal or head of the institution, the varsity said.
The DU will take a final call in the matter.
Academic council and standing committee of admissions member, Rasal Singh said, "This will ensure justice to students from other boards and also for those aspirants who hail from far-flung areas. They will also get an opportunity to study in the DU."
The Delhi University commenced its online registration process for undergraduate admissions on May 30 that will end on June 14 and the first cut-off list will be released on June 20.
The varsity announced its revised admission schedule Wednesday.
DU had earlier extended its registration date to June 22 after the Delhi High Court ordered it to follow the last year's eligibility criteria for granting admission.
The varsity said the first cut-off will be released on June 28, second on July 4, third on July 9, fourth on July 15 and fifth on July 20 for undergraduate courses.
The first admission list will be put up on July 17 for postgraduate courses, second one July 22, third on July 27 and fourth on August 2.
The list -- indicating the minimum marks needed to get admission in various courses -- will go live on the university website post midnight.
Teachers feel that the cut-off percentage for most popular courses in almost all the colleges is unlikely to dip. Instead, it might rise between 0.5 and 1 points.
Depending on the availability of seats after the first list, the university colleges issue second and, where needed, third cut-off lists.
Set up in 1922, Delhi University is the one of the biggest and most respected universities in India. It has 77 affiliated colleges and five other institutions spread across the city as well as 16 faculties and 86 departments.
Many believed the 99 per cent cut-off for Political Science Honours course - highest among all courses and colleges in DU - to be unrealistic.
Speaking to IANS, Anju Srivastav, Principal of Hindu College, said: "Right now we are not in a position to give data of category-wise admissions, but we have certainly enrolled more students than the available seats in the course."
The college has 43 seats for the Political Science Honours course, and while not disclosing the exact number of students enrolled, she said the total number of admissions in the course has already crossed the number of available seats.
The college has also enrolled more students than seats in the BSc. Physics Honours course, the first cut-off for which was announced at 98.33 per cent, the Principal said.
Admission in Delhi University is not on a first-come-first-serve basis so the college can not deny enrolling students meeting the cut-off criteria.
The University of Hyderabad and the Benaras Hindu University have also been recommended to be granted the IoE status. The list of 20 IoEs includes IIT-Bombay, IIT-Delhi and the IISc that feature in top 200 in QS world rankings.
In its 542nd meeting held today, UGC has considered the reports of the Empowered Expert Committee (EEC) appointed by Government under the Chairmanship of N Gopalaswami recommending (15) Public institutions and (15) Private institutions for considering to give status of Institutions of Eminence.
Since the scheme has only provided for (10) Public and (10) Private Institutions, the UGC has examined the list of (15) Public and (15) Private Institutions using transparent and verifiable criteria.
Apart from the public universities, UGC has also recommended the Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry to grant the IoE tag to a number of private universities.
The private including Shiv Nadar University (Uttar Pradesh), O.P. Jindal University (Haryana), Jamia Hamdard (New Delhi), VIT Vellore, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Bengaluru), Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (Bhubaneswar) and the Satya Bharti Foundation.
The universities that have been denied the tag include the Aligarh Muslim University, the Ashoka University, the Tezpur University, the KREA University, the Jadavpur University, the Azim Premji University, Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bengaluru, and Indian Institute of Public Health, Gandhinagar.
"Since the thrust of the scheme is to prepare institutions for the global rankings, no existing institution which has not figured in any of the global/national ranks shall be recommended for the IoE status. Only after exhausting the above criterion, if any slot remains vacant, consideration shall be given to 'yet to be established (Greenfield)' proposals," the ministry said.
"On September 4, the Ministry of Human Resource Development, on the advice of UGC and the Empowered Expert Committee issued orders to 5 public Universities conveying their declaration as Institutions of Eminence (IoE). These are IIT Madras, Banaras Hindu University, IIT Kharagpur, University of Delhi and University of Hyderabad," an official said.
Apart from these, Letters of Intent for the IoE status have been issued to five private universities including Jamia Hamdard, for being declared as IoE.
"In addition, Letters of Intent were issued to five Private Universities for accepting and sending their preparedness for being declared as Institutions of Eminence. These are Amrita Viswavidyapeetham, Tamil Nadu, Vellore Institute of Technology, Tamil Nadu, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Odisha and Bharti Institute, Satya Bharti Foundation, Mohali. These institutions will need to submit their readiness for commencing academic operations as IoEs," the ministry said in a release.
For Shiv Nadar University, Uttar Pradesh. and O.P Jindal University, Haryana, the letters have been issued to their respective state governments to pass legislation in their state assemblies to cease their status as private universities. This has been done so that both can be considered as deemed IoE universities.
Two state universities -- Jadavpur University in West Bengal and Anna University, Tamil Nadu, -- were also selected by the Empowered Committee. The respective states of these universities have been asked to indicate their commitment towards their contribution under the IoE scheme.
"Till date, we have 16 institutions as IoEs, apart from which there are four others institutions where the state government's confirmation and commitment is awaited," an official said.
The Institutions of Eminence scheme was launched by the HRD ministry in 2016 to help enhance their global rankings. As per the procedure, the higher education regulator, University Grants Commission (UGC), shortlists the names of institutions to the ministry, which decides the final names. Ten public and ten private institutions are picked every year as world-class teaching and research institutions.
Among the numerous benefits of being declared an IoE include complete academic and administrative autonomy, academic collaborations with foreign higher educational institutions, freedom to hire personnel from industry and elsewhere as faculty, who are experts in their areas but may not have the requisite higher academic qualifications, freedom to recruit faculty from outside India (with the limit of 25 per cent of its faculty strength for a public institution) and flexibility in fixing the curriculum and syllabus with no UGC-mandated curriculum structure.
Ashwit Dahiya of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) defeated National Students Union of India (NSUI)'s Chetna Tyagi for the top post by a margin of over 19,000 votes.
The posts of vice president and joint secretary were won by ABVP's Pradeep Tanwar and Shivangi Kharwal by a margin of 8,574 and 2,914 votes respectively.
NSUI bagged the secretary's post with its candidate Ashish Lamba defeating ABVP's Yogi Rathee by a margin of 2,053 votes.
The voter turnout in DUSU polls on Thursday was recorded at 39.90 per cent, over four percentage points down from the last year.
Last year, the election saw a 44.46 per cent voter turnout.
The polling for four positions of the DUSU ended amid allegations of EVM malfunctioning. Sixteen candidates, including four women, were in the fray and 52 polling centres were set up.
Over 1.3 lakh students were eligible to cast their vote. As many as 144 EVMs were used for students' union polls and 137 were used for college union polls.
Violence broke out at the JNU on Sunday night as masked men armed with sticks and rods attacked students and teachers and damaged property on the campus, prompting the administration to call in the police which conducted a flag march. At least 28 people, including JNU Students' Union president Aishe Ghosh, were injured as chaos reigned on the campus for nearly two hours.
The delegation comprising students and teachers from JNU, Jamia and Delhi University submitted an application to the Delhi Police PRO with four demands, including urgent medical assistance to injured students and arrest of the accused behind the violence.
"The police have assured us that they will look into the matter and our demands," president Federation of Central University Teachers' associations Rajib Ray said.
The students demanded that the police leave the JNU campus.
Earlier, police said peace has been restored in the JNU after the violence.
Eyewitnesses alleged the attackers entered the JNU premises when a meeting was being held by JNU Teachers' Association on the issue of violence on campus and assaulted students and professors. They also barged into three hostels. Video footage aired by some TV channels showed a group of men, who were brandishing hockey sticks and rods, moving around a building.
The Left-controlled JNUSU and the RSS-backed ABVP blamed each other for the incident.
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The Delhi University on Wednesday issued a notification, saying the online open book exams scheduled from July 10 have been postponed.
Open Book Examination (OBE) for all streams of Final year/Semester/Term of Undergraduate and postgraduate students including SOL and NCWEB scheduled to be held from July 10, 2020 stands postponed: University of Delhi pic.twitter.com/RpXQY7E5xu
— OTV (@otvnews) July 8, 2020
This is the second time that the exams have been postponed.
Last month, the varsity had postponed the exams that were scheduled to begin from July 1 and shifted them to July 10.
In a Facebook post, Delhi University Teachers' Association president Rajib Ray said, "MHRD-UGC does not play with the lives of students and teachers! Repeated postponement of OBE in DU proves its untenability. Do not increase students' anxiety and stress. Cancel OBE has been and remains our demand - it is discriminatory, promotes unfair practices and penalizes honest students."
Students and teachers have been opposing the decision of the varsity to conduct Online Open Book exams (OBE). Under the ''Open-Book'' mode of examination, the student will be able to refer books, notes, and other study materials to answer the questions.
The decision of the Delhi University to postpone final year examination till August 15 is not a step in the right direction, said Pankaj Garg, convener of Indian National Teachers' Congress.
"It is going to further aggravate the problems of students. This is not the time to do any experiments and Delhi University is playing with the future of lakhs of students.
"The only solution is to cancel the exams and declare the results of students on the basis of past performance and current session internal assessment. The way COVID-19 cases are increasing everyday, there would be no improvement in situation by August 15," he added.
Another DU teachers' body -- Academics for Action and Development -- echoed similar reactions and said it "strongly condemns its insensitivity to the problems faced by the students in the whole process".
"It is quite unfortunate that the Court is addressing the problems faced by students to which the university administration turned deaf ears. The decision of the administration to postpone the online examination is not a solution and will further complicate the problem.
"We demand cancellation of the online OBE on the basis of statutory violations, academic absurdity, and logistical challenges," they said.
(PTI)
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The exams began at 7.30 am and are being held in three shifts.
Zubair Khan, a student of School of Open Learning (SOL), said, "I had my Hindi exam today according to the date-sheet. When I opened the portal for downloading my question paper, I found that two question papers were uploaded -- one of Hindi and another of the paper scheduled for August 13. I sent mails to the SOL but there was no response. I consulted a professor who advised me to attempt the paper scheduled for today."
Another student, Deepak Gupta, said he was not sure if he could successfully upload his answer sheets before the scheduled time of 11.30 am.
"It was 11.28 am by the time I finished creating PDF files (of my answer sheets). I tried to upload them but they didn't get uploaded. I have mailed them to the designated ID but do not know whether they will be accepted," he added.
A student of B.Sc Physical Science, who did not wish to be identified, said that the paper was quite tough and in a situation, when classes could not happen properly, it was unjust for students.
Abha Dev Habib, a professor of Miranda House, said most of the students in her class did not get a confirmation mail after uploading their answer sheets. The students then mailed to the varsity website their answer sheets and got an auto-generated response.
Pankaj Garg, a professor of Rajdhani College, said that the main problem that students faced was in uploading the answer sheets.
"They faced problems in uploading PDF files and some of the students said that if they could upload answers to two questions, they could not upload the answers to the third. They were not sure whether their answer sheets were uploaded. The college received answer sheets on email post 11.30 am, which was the scheduled time," he said.
Garg also said that teachers will face issues while evaluating answer sheets.
"There is a fair possibility that there would be swapping of the pages while scanning and uploading, this would disturb the sequence.... Teachers have to be very very careful in connecting all those pages which belongs to the same question," he added.
While scanning some pages may be blurred and it would be difficult to read them carefully and it would be more difficult to connect to the next page and hence the continuity of the answer would be lost, he added.
For teachers, the most challenging point would be marking of pages, it seems that evaluation would take much longer, he stressed.
The exams have been postponed several times. The Delhi University Teachers' Association had been demanding that the exams be scrapped and the students evaluated on the basis of previous performances and an internal assessment.
The Delhi High Court gave its nod to the university to conduct the exams.
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With the start of the admission process in Delhi university, several steps such as Google forms, Whatsapp numbers, central helpline numbers and college helpline numbers have been implemented by the varsity for the admission-related queries of students.
This year's admission process in Delhi University is being held in a completely online mode which is new for the students. The DU administration and several student organisations have come forward to help students seeking admission.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s student wing Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) has launched a digital mode to help students seeking admissions to DU.
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With the release of the admission forms, the ABVP has set up two helpline numbers for each department by dividing DU colleges regionwise into eight parts.
The ABVP has also set up a help desk in the North Campus to assist the students who have been visiting the university campus regarding admissions. Students seeking admissions to DU can seek help by calling at 011-27662725 or Whatsapp on 9818459062 or via mail on the helpline numbers.
The queries from students relate mainly to cut-offs, eligibility, verification of relevant certificates and questions about the university and subject choices. Nearly 300 ABVP activists will be manning various mediums and helping the admission-seekers.
ABVP Delhi State Secretary Sidharth Yadav said, "As the Delhi University's admission process is completely online this year, ABVP as a student organization is ready to face new challenges to help students seeking admission to the varsity. There are many doubts in the minds of the students as they are not visiting colleges during the admission process for which the ABVP workers are constantly working round the clock to resolve them. Through Google forms, central Whatsapp numbers, central helpline numbers, college-wise helpline numbers, our effort is to reach every student and solve their problems. ABVP wishes well to every student aspiring for admission in Delhi University."
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The move comes amid a power tussle in the central university.
The President, who is the Visitor to the university, has placed Tyagi under suspension to ensure that the inquiry is fair and that he is not able to tamper with material records or coerce the witnesses, a senior ministry official said.
"All orders issued by or issued with the approval of Yogesh Tyagi during the period of his absence on medical ground are set aside and to be treated as null and void," the official said.
Tyagi has been on leave since July 2 when he was admitted to AIIMS under emergency medical condition. The government had on July 17 given Pro-VC P C Joshi the charge of VC, until Tyagi resumes office.
The ministry official said, "The Vice Chancellor is not administering the university in accordance with (statutory) provisions...which has caused mis-governance and malfunctioning of University of Delhi. This is not conducive for appropriate academic as well as administrative environment of the university."
"The President of India in his capacity as Visitor of the University, on consideration of facts and material available on record, has ordered to conduct an inquiry into the allegations of dereliction of duties and lack of commitment and devotion to duty against him. The president has also been pleased to place Yogesh Tyagi under suspension with immediate effect until further orders as he may influence/coerce the witnesses and tamper with the material records of the university so as to ensure fair inquiry," the official said.
A controversy erupted last week when Tyagi removed Joshi as pro-VC on Thursday and appointed Geeta Bhatt, the director of the Non-Collegiate Women's Eduction Board of the university, in his place.
Joshi had, meanwhile, notified the appointment of a new registrar, Vikas Gupta, whose interview had been completed and appointment cleared by the executive council on Wednesday.
However, the same day, Tyagi had approved and notified the appointment of P C Jha as acting registrar and director of the South Campus.
The ministry then intervened in the power tussle between the vice chancellor and the pro-vice chancellor, saying appointments made by Tyagi were not "valid" as he is on leave.
The power tussle intensified with Jha writing to the ministry citing himself as "acting Registrar" and saying that all decisions taken by Tygai are in accordance with university norms. The ministry took objection to the letter and directed the varsity to take strict action against him.
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-Last date of successful transaction of fee through Credit/Debit Card/NetBanking/UPI (SBI/ ICICI/Paytm): 17th March 2021 (up to 23:50 hrs)
-Correction in Particulars of Application Form on website only: March 18 2021 to March 20, 2021
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"The DU has issued degrees digitally to 1,76,790 students on the occasion of the university's 97th convocation," DU's Dean of Examination, D.S. Rawat, told IANS.
These digital degrees issued by the DU have been made available to the students of both undergraduate and postgraduate courses.
According to DU, this is the first time that nearly 1,76,790 undergraduate and postgraduate students were awarded degrees via a single click digitally.
On the other hand, 156 students were awarded medals and 36 others were felicitated with awards by Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank. Nishank was attending DU's 97th convocation as the chief guest.
Nishank highlighted the other works undertaken by the DU and the initiatives taken during the coronavirus crisis. The Union minister said that he was happy to see that under the 'Vidya Vistar Scheme', Delhi University is supporting educational institutions located in the remote areas.
The Union minister also talked about the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020.
"It is not the policy of any government or any specific individual, instead it is the nation's policy. Together we have brought this policy into effect. The implementation of this policy is also our collective duty. It is not just a policy but a vision document of India's golden future," Nishank said.
Many times, hundreds of students get entangled in technical matters. To overcome this confusion, a special team has now been formed, which includes professors and students knowing about online book exams.
On March 15, online book examinations of the first year students are going to start. About 1.25 lakh students will appear online. For the first time, this team of professors and students will provide solutions to the problems related to the examination of students of Delhi University sitting in the online book exam. Students of colleges, non-collegiate and SOL will get benefit from this.
The team has been formed by the Delhi Teachers Association (DTA) and student organisation CYSS. The committee includes those teachers and students who have information related to the university examination. The committee consists of Hansraj Suman as convenor and Kamal Tiwari as covalent. Assistant Professors Sunil Kumar, Manoj Kumar Singh and Narendra Pandey are also part of this committee.
Professor Hansraj told IANS, "Students have been instructed to first go to the university's website and download their admit cards to get the information related to taking the exam. Please do any work related to the exam with your registered email id. The students will be required to download the question papers and upload answer sheets with the same email-id from which they have filled the examination form."
Professor Sunil Kumar said, "It is mandatory to remember your email ID and its password before the exam, write it down somewhere or remember it. While submitting the PDF of the answer sheet, keep in mind that it should not be password protected, otherwise checker will not be able to open and evaluate it."
Students will have to create separate PDF for every answer which should not be greater than 7MB in size. For instance -- If a student attempts four questions, he or she will have to create four PDFs for every answer with the size of up to 7MB each, he said.
Giving information related to the exam, the committee's co-convenor Kamal Tiwari said that the students will get 3 hours to complete their question paper and one hour to upload the answers.
Differently-abled students will get a total of 6 hours. Students are advised to use the uploading time only for uploading, otherwise they might have to face trouble due to network issues at the last moment. Hence, the students should take care of the time.
Another important step that the student must follow, is take a screenshot at every stage of the examination. Keep the screenshot of every question and its answer that you are giving, Moreover, if you receive the acknowledgement slip after submitting your answer then take a screenshot of it too because in any case of unsuccessful upload the varsity and college may ask you for the screenshot as proof. These screenshots would also help you in case of wrong evaluation.
Students are informed that sometimes they face problems while uploading the PDFs due to network issues. If it happens then they are advised to take screenshots of that too and upload the proof with the answer PDFs. The university is giving you one hour extra for only right uploading.
After submitting all the PDFs when the acknowledgement slip appears, it means the papers have been submitted.