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DU struggles to establish `trust'

Staff Reporter

Pre-graduates doubt that they will get the desired college if they apply through PAFs

NEW DELHI: Delhi University might have worked hard to chase way the anxiety that students might have had about its pre-admission forms (PAFs), but its biggest stumbling block seems to be trust. Unsure about its "validity", students chose safety in numbers on Thursday by filling up the PAFs and one for the individual college.

"I want to be sure I get into the college of my choice, so I have bought all the forms from the colleges as well as the pre-admission form," said Divya, standing in a queue to buy the Hindu College form.

However, others preferred to fill up the PAFs for the less popular colleges. Many bought forms of their "favourite" colleges and filled them up diligently taking no chances.

"I just don't trust these forms. People have said that there is no surety of a seat if you apply through these forms. But in the case of individual forms you know for sure," said Mansha, a University graduate who was accompanying her friend.

Assuring students that there was no need to worry, Dean of Students' Welfare S.K. Vij pointed out that the need to fill up the form and deposit it in the college itself is only natural. "It is the same attitude that people have when they put their cheque in a drop-box at a bank. Similarly, students think that since the forms will not reach the college directly and has to go through a third person, it is better to fill out the college forms too," he said.

Technologically more advanced than their previous ones, these forms have limitless possibilities. And to ensure that students take advantage of them and don't misuse them, the University has allowed only two forms to be sold to each student. The restriction on the forms is to ensure that they are not black-marketed.

"These forms were used extensively by colleges last year and it will be the same this year," said Prof. Vij.

While those applying under the extracurricular or sports quota need to buy separate forms, colleges like Gargi chose not to even print their own forms as they feel that it would go against the spirit of the centralised forms.

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