DU likely to revise cut-off formula for state board students
NEW DELHI: There is a piece of good news for students from state boards as Delhi University admission committee is planning to introduce a new formula of cut-off in graduate admission in upcoming academic session, which will make aspirants from CBSE board to face a loss of 10 per cent marks in securing the seat in DU.
According to the sources, “The admission committee has passed the proposal to change it and sent it to the Standing Committee of the University. The proposal has been pending due to opposition of some members in the Standing Committee meeting. Before the admission process, the meeting of the Standing Committee can take place once again. The proposal for admission in the committee may get final approval.”
According to the new cut-off formula, students with science subjects coming from state boards that have allotted 60 marks for theory and 40 marks for practical would lose 10 marks when applying to DU. However, DU follows the CBSE evaluation while stateboards do not have such formula.
Students who graduated from state boards of Rajasthan, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh would lose out by a considerable extent. A large number of students from these states, who apply in DU for higher studies would now benefit under the new system.
The proportion of theory and practical numbers of many state boards is 60:40, while Delhi University evaluates the marks of students of these boards in 70:30 ratio.
Students of state boards like UP Board, Bihar Board, Haryana Board and others usually score less marks, when compared to their CBSE counterparts. For instance, both Haryana and Rajasthan boards have a 60-40 scheme for theory and practical examinations for Physics and Chemistry. However, in CBSE it is a 70-30 division. So, a student applying to a science course from these boards used to lose 10 marks from each subject.
"This is such a relief. Deduction of 10 per cent marks is a huge penalty for students especially at a time when the cutoffs are unrealistically high and even 0.5 per cent matters," Anvid Singh, one of the aspirants, said.
If the proposal of the admission committee gets the final approval, then Pro-rata will not be followed and the marks will not be changed in the ratio of 70:30 to the theory and practical.