Parents, wards complain of mismanagement at North Campus

NEW DELHI: As students continued to flood the colleges on the second day of admissions after the release of first cutoff list, many of them found themselves inconvenienced due to mismanagement by the college authorities. The situation was most profound at North Campus colleges like Miranda House, Shri Ram College of Commerce, Hindu College, Kirori Mal College and Daulat Ram College.

“We’ve been waiting here since 8 am to complete the admission procedure. We had been told to come on Tuesday to pay the admission challan, but it’s already past noon and we haven’t been able to do so,” retorted Kanika Juneja, an applicant and a 97.5 per cent scorer, at Miranda House who was among the many made to wait for long hours at the college.

Kajal Rani, who was also among the many applicants who had been standing in the long queue since morning, said: “We’ve come from Bijnor, UP, especially to verify our documents and pay the college fees as portal is not working at our place, but here entire process has taken us three days. It is so tiring and unfair.”

The crowd in the long queue for commerce admission soon joined her in the complaining.

The college staff, however, defended their actions vigorously. “We need to be sure of the correct admission certificates, so we check and recheck the Class X and Class XII marks on the websites. All this is bound to take time,” said an official at Miranda House, who was one of the staff members involved in handling the admission process.

Purnima Roy, Vice Principal, Miranda House, said the staff was doing its bit to ensure quick admissions. “We’ve been busy and we’ve stretched ourselves by overstaying the prescribed time limit. If these students are still complaining, it can’t be helped.”

However, the scene at other colleges was not much heartening either as a large number of parents stood outside Daulat Ram College and Hindu College in the glaring sun.

“This is harassment! We’ve been to so many colleges but no one has been as rude to us as Daulat Ram College. We’re literally being pushed outside the gates by the guards to stand here at college ground, while our children are standing in queues inside. At least they should have put a tent or arrange drinking water,” said a fuming and exhausted parent.