Outstation students and their parents on Tuesday heaved a sigh of relief, as the undergraduate admission process at Delhi University finally kicked off, ending an agonising week-long wait. With the first cut-off list out, for most DU colleges, students from various parts of the country and even abroad were lining up for admission in the prestigious university. Aspirants included State toppers from Kerala, Tamil Nadu, among others.
But, as the stand-off over the four-year undergraduate programme (FYUP) held the admission process, the students found themselves facing accommodation worries as they were forced to extend their stay here. Parents, who accompanied their wards to the national Capital, had to deal with the issues concerning leave from work and postponement of prior engagements.
“As a candidate for the BA (Hons) in History, I was under the impression that I would be through with the admission on June 24 itself, but the protests prolonged my stay in Delhi,” said Nainika Dinesh, an NRI who had come from Bahrain along with her family seeking admission at St Stephen’s College. Kulwant Kinha, a student from Bangalore who had to extend his stay in the Capital due to the admission delay, said he was relieved after the process finally began.
“My father had to extend his leave from work since we were not prepared for more than a week’s stay,” Kinha said. Most of the students had mixed views on the issue of the FYUP. A number of them were happy that the FYUP has been scrapped while others felt that the decision was regressive.