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DU admission mela begins

Staff Reporter

32,600 common pre-admission forms sold on Day I

QUEUING UP: Students waiting to buy the admission forms and prospectus at Kirori Mal College in Delhi on Friday. Photo: Sushil Kumar Verma

NEW DELHI: The annual rush for admission to Delhi University and its much sought after colleges began in right earnest on Friday with as many as 32,600 common pre-admission forms and information bulletins being sold on the very first day.

Most of the 17 admission information centres located in different parts of the city for the sale and receipt of registration forms were swarming with people and there were long queues at the counters when they opened at 10 a.m.

Most admission-seekers were accompanied by friends or siblings and fewer parents were seen with newcomers this time round.

Most students found the modified common pre-admission forms easy to understand and filled them up without any hassles. "I had no problem filling out the form. The instructions are pretty clear," said Jasmeen Kaur, who had come from Raja Garden to buy the form at the Faculty of Arts on the North Campus.

Along with the common pre-admission form, newcomers also picked up separate prospectus and forms issued by various colleges on Friday. "Since I am temporarily residing in Gurgaon, I wanted to finish all the running around today itself. So apart from the centralised form, I bought forms of Jesus and Mary College, Sri Venkateswara College and have applied online for St. Stephen's," said Rishika Verma, who did her schooling from Chennai and is now eyeing a seat in the University.

Various student organisations like the National Students' Union of India, Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad and the All-India Students' Association had put up "help desks" at some of the centres to assist students in the admission process.

The University's decision to give out a more detailed map in the information bulletin has been welcomed by students.

"Normally students who want to apply for a seat in the North Campus do not know where the different colleges are situated and have little idea about the distance from their residence. With a map and Metro Railway routes they can plan things accordingly," said Sanya Bharti, who picked up her pre-admission form from Vivekananda College at Vivek Vihar in East Delhi.

Counselling sessions for candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes categories were held at the Sports Complex on the main campus.

"We counselled the students as well as their parents. There was a case where the girl wanted to study a particular course and her mother was forcing her to take up some other programme. We advised her that the child would do well only in the course of her choice and she should be allowed to exercise her discretion," said Dinesh Varshney, a faculty member of Moti Lal Nehru College (Evening), who was one of the counsellors.

While the North Campus was well connected by cycle-rickshaws, commuting from one institution to another on the South Campus was quite a problem for many admission aspirants as the colleges are scattered and they had to rely on buses and autos to move around.

Dean of Students' Welfare S. K. Vij has advised the students not be in a hurry and at the same time not keep waiting for the last date to buy the form.

"Our website has all the necessary information about different courses and colleges. We are taking care that there should not be any problem for students," he said.

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