17

Jul

Bachche Ki Jaan Logey Kya?

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Amitabh Srivastava

As Delhi University begins its admission process today for its 71,000 seats after the results of the Central University Admission Test (CUET) were declared on Saturday July 15th the fate of nearly 2.22 lakh registered candidates is at stake.

The craze to get into DU is neither new nor restricted to residents of NCR Delhi even though it is ranked at 11 among the top universities of the country, according to the (National Institute Ranking Framework (NIRF) rankings accepted by the Ministry of HRD since 2015.

But the fact also remains that at least five colleges of DU figure among the top ten best colleges of the country even though the prestigious Sr. Stephens, where most high-ranking politicians and bureaucrats send their children, figures at number 12 while Miranda House and Hindu College rank at Number 1 and 2.

It is important to mention this because the CUET system was introduced in 2022 after a Political Science Professor of Kirorimal College protested against ‘Marks Jihad’ because about 300 students from Kerala had applied for admissions with 100 per cent scores in all subjects in the CBSE Board from Kerala.

Since last year now the XII Board exams have been rendered redundant as all admissions to national universities are being held through the rankings of the CUET held by the National Testing Agency (NTA).

This is an additional burden not just on children just out of a grueling exam but also their parents who have to arrange for extra tuitions and books meant specially for CUET entrance even though the UGC Chairperson glibly maintains that there is no need for coaching because the exam is based strictly on the NCERT syllabus.

But the results of the entrance released on July 15 clearly indicates that those attending coaching of CUET groups have been scoring 100 percentiles in two or three subjects while those who trusted the UGC Chairperson are dejected because some of those who scored 96 per cent in their CBSE in one subject have got a dismal 82 percentile in the CUET.

These students who have been scholar batch holders throughout their school are now avoiding answering phones.

To add to their chaos, the new announcements from the DU are further confusing them.

The new announcement says that the percentile of a subject will not matter as DU would consider the average percentile of best four subjects of the candidate.

It has been further clarified that the criteria for admissions would not be their percentile but the ‘normalized score’ mentioned in their score card which is difficult for even parents to understand.

For instance, a percentile of 90 is equivalent to a normalized score of 165.50 and a percentile of 82 is equal to a normalized score of 167.65, in a case I know of.

The latest announcement also says that in case there is a tie among two students for a particular subject they would use other methods to find the deserving candidate and the marks scored in the Board exam would also be taken into consideration.

In that why hold this tiresome and longish exercise at all some parents and teachers are asking.

Is anyone listening?

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