OPTIONS GALORE EVEN IF YOU WON’T MAKE THE CUT

SCHOOL OF OPEN LEARNING

Application form available online at sol.du.ac.in No cutoff; admission based on ‘minimum requirements.’ âOne can choose between BA programme, B.Com, BA (honors) Political Science, B.Com (honors) and BA (honors) English.

One can pursue a BCom (Hons) at SOL as long as one has secured a 60% or more in their Class 12 board exams. For BA (Hons) English, one needs to have secured at least 65% in their 12th grade, with at least 75% in English. Else they must have an aggregate of at least 65% in elective English and three other academic subjects. To pursue a BA (Hons) in Political Science, your best four score must be at least 50% , where one subject is a language.

For their BCom and BA programmes, the minimum eligibility is that one needs to have scored at least 40% in their qualifying exams. 20-odd contact classes every year; attendance not mandatory.

SOL is likely to start 10 new undergraduate courses, including vocational courses, in the upcoming academic session.

SOL admits around 1.5 lakh students in undergraduate courses every year

NON-COLLEGIATE BOARD

Admission based on cutoffs. No separate application form, the central DU form to be filled. Female applicants, who are residents of NCT of Delhi, are automatically considered for NCWEB too. First cutoff list will come out on July 1, with the second cutoff list for DU colleges.

Contact classes held once a week, at assigned centres. Offers BA and BCom programmes. Currently, there are 12,200 NCWEB seats at 26 of its centres.

The Delhi University is considering increasing the number of seats.