In a major relief to the students especially applying under the reserved categories, the Delhi University (DU) has decided to accept the admission applications from students under Economically Weaker Section (EWS) and Other Backward Castes (OBC) who has applied for the EWS and OBC (non creamy layer) certificate. Students now can apply for the admissions under the category by uploading the ‘Acknowledgement receipt’.
“It is hereby notified that the aspirants who have applied for the EWS / OBC (Non-Creamy Layer) certificates and have not received the same till date may upload the Acknowledgement Receipt of the application for issuance of the said certificate towards consideration of their application,” announced the admission Committee on Wednesday. The 10 percent reservation was implemented in the varsity this year for EWS category.
However, with a short notice, the students coming under the category were seen running from pillar to post as many has not got the EWS certificates. “It is very good news for the students belonging to the economically weaker section as many students were from pillar to post get their certificates done, now the students can fill the application and submit the certificates later once they received,” said Heena, a student applying under EWS category.
Another student happily said, “Now I can also apply in DU and will get admission by uploading the Acknowledge of Receipt. Till now, I was daily visiting the Sub District Magistrate (SDM) office to get my certificate done but they said the certificate will be issued only after a month,” said Megha Sharma, a DU aspirant.
Another student, Jyoti Kumari said, “I come from Jharkhand and people from my place do not have a clue about the scheme being implemented. I had to run here and there to apply for the certificate only. Thanks to the varsity students will get a chance to apply in DU.”
Besides, EWS category, the varsity has allowed the OBC (non creamy layer) students to apply for admission to UG courses with uploading Acknowledgement of receipt.
The BJP MLA Vijender Gupta also held a protest and wrote a letter to the varsity vice chancellor (VC) Yogesh Tyagi to extend the date of online registrations for the students belonging to EWS category.
As per the data available on the DU website, the varsity has received a total number of 353500 applications of which 245835 are paid application. Category wise, a total of 145950 received under general category, 52093 from OBC, and 32758 under Scheduled caste (SC), 6744-Scehduled Tribes (ST) and 8290 from EWS category.
The DU admissions for UG courses were started on May 30 and will continue till June 22. The Cut-off list are expected to out by end of this month.