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Colleges to fix English Hons. cut-off

With Delhi University deciding to scrap individual entrance examinations for admission to different colleges offering English (Honours), most colleges have decided that they will fix a cut-off percentage for students for their “best four” subjects in Class XII.

The attached yardstick will be their English scores with some kind of differential for English (Elective), English (Core) and Functional English. Different schools in the Capital offer students these three options for the English course.

“There will also be some difference in the cut-offs for students who come from different streams like Commerce, Humanities and Sciences,” says Indraprastha College for Women media coordinator M. M. Yogi.

The Principal of Kamla Nehru College, Minoti Chatterjee, adds: “We will need to look at the applications to see what percentage can be fixed for ‘Best Four’. Since English (Elective) is more of English Literature and considered the most difficult of the three options, it will have the lowest percentage for admission, followed by English (Core) and Functional English.”

For applying to English (Hons.) at Lady Shri Ram College for Women, girls need to have 70 per cent in English in order to be considered.

“There will be a 4 per cent negative weightage for those who have studied Commerce subjects like Accounts. There will be a 2 per cent positive weightage for those who have secured 80 per cent in English (Elective). So, for such students the ‘Best Four’ percentage will go up by 2 per cent. However, there is no positive or negative weightage for Functional English and English (Core),” informs Kanika Khandelwal, media coordinator at LSR.

The Centre for Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Sciences at Jamia Millia Islamia in Delhi is introducing a Ph.D. programme from the coming session and a Master’s in Physiotherapy in different specialties (Orthopaedics, Neurology, Cardiology and Sports Medicine) in the 2009-10 academic year.

Both the new courses were approved at the Academic Council meeting held in February. These will be in addition to the present highly sought after Bachelor’s in Physiotherapy which was launched last year and has an intake of 40 students.

The last date for submission of applications for the Bachelor’s programme is June 2. The entrance test will be held on June 11 and the list of candidates for interviews will be up on June 26.

Afzal Anees, senior lecturer in the Department of Surgery at J. N. Medical College of Aligarh Muslim University, was conferred the Fellowship of the Indian Association of Gastro-intestinal Endo-Surgeons at its convocation in Jaipur recently.

He was also selected the “Best Young Surgical Teacher” for the year 2008 by the Uttar Pradesh chapter of the Association of Surgeons of India.

Aligarh Muslim University is planning to offer a course on Islamic Banking and Finance from the next academic year. Vice-Chancellor P. K. Abdul Azis had a detailed discussion with a team of experts regarding commencement of the course some time ago.

“In the context of the emerging growth and employment potential, the University has decided to offer a post-graduate diploma in Islamic Banking and Finance from the next academic year. Dr. Azis said AMU could also consider the possibility of establishing a new department dedicated to this branch,” said an official AMU release.

Parul Sharma

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