The Delhi University has relaxed the eligibility criteria for admission in Commerce stream by scrapping the option of having Mathematics compulsorily in Class XII. Earlier, many colleges had denied admission to students from Commerce stream in Bachelors of Commerce programme as they did not have Mathematics.
With the introduction of Four-Year Undergraduate Programme (FYUP) from this academic session, the admission to the Commerce will now be ‘Bachelor with Honours in Commerce’. The eligibility for taking admission to this course will be based on Discipline I (Commerce).
“There are more than 35 colleges offering a degree in Commerce and the discipline itself is one of the most popular among the students. We have directed all the colleges to pull off the criteria of having Mathematics compulsory in their pre-university classes,” said JM Khurana the Dean Students Welfare.
He said that the university has taken this decision after checking the previous year records where many students had to suffer even after coming from a commerce background. “Till last year, most of the colleges were not accepting students in the BCom(Hon) without Mathematics. Consequently, a large number of students who had pursued commerce without Mathematics in their class 12 were deprived of admission in different colleges. Thus the university has decided that requirement of Mathematics for all categories of students, be removed for admission to Bachelor with Honours in Commerce. Therefore, inclusion of Mathematics will not be additional eligibility criteria for admission to this course,” he added.
“Commerce has many subjects which involves Statistics, Accounts and Economics. There is a huge scope for them outside which necessarily does not demand mathematics. We cannot see Commerce only through the prism of mathematics, there is much more to this subject. As far as the numerical calculations are concerned, they learn it in Class 10 only. It will definitely be a breather to large number of aspirants,” said a professor. Meanwhile, around 1,000 students turned up on the third consecutive day of Open Session of the University. Many students aspiring to join the FYUP of Commerce course had shared the concerns on the same issue.