It was a full house at Delhi University’s first open days of the admission 2014-15 on Wednesday with parents and students from all over the country thronging the venue to clear their admission-related doubts. Over 2,000 students and parents were present at 10 am at the Conference Centre in North Campus of the university and a total of three sessions were held over three hours in order to entertain all the aspirants.
People from across the country were present at the open days. While a lot of them were from neighbouring States, quite a few North Eastern people were seen attending the open day session. On talking to them, a student said, “This is a good way of clearing our doubts. It also helps us fit into the system well as we meet a lot of students who would probably be studying with us.”
All the sessions began with a brief presentation on DU which was followed by an in-depth discussion between Dean of Students’ Welfare Prof JM Khurana and the audience. Several questions came up during the discussion of which most were related to the weightage given to different level certificates under the sports quota. Khurana clarified the issue and advised students to not under-estimate their competitors. He said, “If a student doesn’t get into any college via sports quota, he/she will not be eligible for admission through general category unless the OMR form has been filled. Thus, students should not keep their hope pinned on sports quota and fill the OMR form as well. The same goes for students under the ECA category.”
Other doubts brought up during the session were regarding the criterion for giving a disadvantage to students. One of the students present, Yunus Ahmed said, “We were very unclear about how many marks would get cut if we haven’t done a course in school but wish to pursue it. Reading the guidelines is not always the best way to understand these things. Thus, this session proved to be helpful.”
The open days will take place on all days till May 30 except Sundays. On May 23 and 24, the sessions will be held at SP Jain Centre in South Campus.