Online Admission Registration of Delhi University Likely to Start from July 15

NEW DELHI: Acting vice-chancellor of Delhi University (DU) PC Joshi said that the online registrations for admission to Delhi University's undergraduate courses may begin on July 15.

"We plan to start the registration for the admission process on July 15. If the central government comes up with some other scheme, the dates might differ. We are anticipating that most state boards will not be going ahead with their final exams and may declare their results earlier. Hence, we are expecting to start the registration of students by July 15," said Joshi.

Earlier, the registration process was scheduled to start on June 20.

Notably, the university has still not been able to decide how the admissions will be conducted given that the Union government canceled the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) boards exam earlier this week, citing the "health and safety" of students amid the pandemic.

However, with the CBSE is likely to incorporate the assessment of students based on their internal exams, many principals and stakeholders have recommended an alternative screening process for admission to DU colleges, including the implementation of the Central Universities Common Entrance Test (CUCET).

The decision by the Central Government to cancel the board examinations was taken hurriedly without working out the modalities of evaluation which has added to the anxieties of the students and parents over their career goals.

State boards of Rajasthan. Goa, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh have also canceled the class 12 board examination but there is no clarity on evaluation and declaration of results based on which the colleges will admit students into various undergraduate courses.

The evaluation will also be critical for getting admissions into various medical, engineering colleges and the Indian Institute of Technology besides various professional courses.

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