Board-based admissions at two DU colleges expose gaps in centralised system
Two Delhi University women's colleges have been granted permission to conduct independent admissions based on Class 12 board results due to high vacancy rates under the centralized CUET system. This move highlights the challenges faced by peripheral colleges in adapting to a standardized, university-wide admission process.
Why it matters
It illustrates the friction between centralized educational reforms and the practical needs of institutions serving rural or semi-urban student populations.
Two women’s colleges of Delhi University (DU) have begun admitting students on the basis of their Class 12 board results after nearly 2,000 seats remained vacant under the university’s centralised admission process through the Common University Entrance Test (CUET).
The separate admission process at Aditi Mahavidyalaya in northwest Delhi’s Bawana and Bhagini Nivedita College (BNC) near Najafgarh, close to the Delhi-Haryana border, has brought into focus the difficulties faced by colleges that were established to serve students from rural and semi-urban areas but now operate within a university-wide admission system.
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