Students have been visiting campus from different States like Kolkata, ladakh, Bihar and other neighbouring cities in order to get admission at St Stephen's College.
Though the college has gone completely online for admission registration, it has also set up a help desk for students with disabilities. It also sorts out the queries general students.
KM Mathew, the tutor to admission at the college said "We have plenty of students each day visiting the campus from day one of the admission. Today 30 students visited us out which only two were differently-abled. There was an entire group of students from ladakh who asked about the courses and criteria for admission for those who are from other board. Though there is information updated on the website, they have come to see the campus and interacted with the authorities".
Saalim Shamsi, a student from Gaya, Bihar has come all the way with his family to 'check-out his dream campus said, "I have been following the news on the Four-Year Undergraduate Programme and was waiting to get my class 12 results to visit here. I know the details are all up online but I wanted to see the college as it is my ultimate goal". He was accompanied by his mother and younger sister. "I did my education from the Asian School, Dehradun and my Principal is a Stephanian”, he added.
"There have been many coming with their families. Most of them have already submitted their forms online yet they come for querying about hostel accommodations, college premises," Mathew added.
A number of students with disability have also visited the college from the day registration began. College has come up with special arrangements for differently-abled students in order to assist them in the college.
Valson Thampu, the Principal of the college said that since the college had turned online for the admission process for the coming academic session, it had planned to provide counselling to the students with disabilities. They also announced the application process to be free of cost for such special students. One of the visually-challenged students who is an international athlete also turned up to inquire about the eligibility criteria.
"Students wanted to know about the sports admissions. The blind student who visited on Tuesday was from Uttar Pradesh but has been studying in the city. He has also played at international level," said Satish Kumar, who is in-charge of counselling to students with disability in the college. The total number of candidates who have applied in the college is 3400 so far. The college also updated its website on the sports admissions on Tuesday.