As the CBSE results added another feather to the Capital’s cap on Monday, with the all-India topper belonging to the city and the club of 95 per cent increasing across the country, students look forward to climb the next step. Speculation began over cut-offs of various city colleges.
While some experts said cut-offs for various disciplines, mainly science, may shoot up, Delhi University authorities said doubling of seats after redistribution of the pass course in most courses will only bring down cut-offs.
Sangeet Ragi, DU Deputy Dean, said the panic over cut-offs spiking this academic session across colleges was a result of a limited point of consideration, while cut-offs depend on a number of variables and if seen together, there are chances to see a drop in various disciplines.
“The introduction of Four-Year Undergraduate Programme (FYUP) has brought a few changes, one of which is the rise in the number of seats across the honours courses,” said Ragi.
He further added, “Earlier, there were few courses famous for honours and bachelor degrees for which the demand was high. But, this time most of the seats of Bachelors degree courses have been consumed in the honours, for which the colleges will have to wait until all the seats are filled. So far, we have witnessed five cut-off lists but, it can go on till the seats are filled.
The percentage of Science students skyrocketing at 98 per cent, with a chunk of them in the 90’s category indicates an increase in cut-off in Science courses by at least three to four percentage points.
Rajesh Jha, a professor of Political Science said that the CBSE results cleared the picture of having a high cut-offs set for both Commerce and Humanities while, on the contrary, the Science would still remain low.
“The cut-offs in Commerce and Humanities will go up by at least one or two points across all colleges around the varsity. There is a huge demand for these streams since many years. However, the trend of high cut offs will only be seen in the Applied Sciences —that is the BTech degree, while the Pure Sciences BSc degrees have remained less in demand with many opting for professional degrees and other such reasons after Class 12,” he said.
“This year, the seats of BSc have been redistributed in honours courses so the cut-off is likely be set at a sound level," Jha added.