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Confusion over entrance test

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Vivekanand College's move stumps aspiring students DU officials claimed that the college had failed to inform them of its decision to hold an entrance test for English Honours

NEW DELHI: For 2,000-odd students who applied for the English (Honours) course at Delhi University's Vivekanand College, it was a test that literally came out of the blue. Or so claim University officials.

While the first cut-off list presented most students with a high benchmark, it also dealt a shock to those who thought they had given the entrance test a miss for a direct admission in the English (Honours) course here. University officials claim that the college had failed to inform them of its decision to hold an entrance test for the subject and that the new cut-off list has left students confused. According to University officials, all colleges holding entrance tests were required to inform them so that students knew how many colleges were holding the test. But Vivekanand College's decision to hold a test with a minimum eligibility criterio of 60-70 per cent has left them stumped, especially since the course has drawn applications from over 2,000 students in the ICR category.

The college, however, refuted the claim, pointing out that it had notified the English department about its first entrance on June 18, which incidentally saw only 22 students turn up. The college will now have a second test on June 29. "We got to know only when they sent their details of cut-off to us on Friday. It is important that colleges co-ordinate and co-operate to ensure that students get the right information,'' said Delhi University's Dean of Students' Welfare, S. K. Vij. But the Vivekanand College Principal, Sadhna Harish, said the argument does not hold. "The fact that 2,000 students applied does not mean all of them will take the test. Even before ICR was introduced we received thousands of application, but even then the number of students who came was much lower. And since we did notify, it would be wrong to say that the students did not know.''

The University had faced a similar problem at the beginning of the admission season when it found that the information given to it about entrance tests by two colleges were no longer valid. While Lady Shri Ram College decided to hold interviews instead of an entrance for the B.Com (Honours) course, Ramjas College had done away with the entrance test for Economics (Honours) this year. With the university unaware of the changes, the official Delhi University website actually continued to mention the exams, though they no longer existed.

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