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Varsity revokes decision to slash number of Arts stream seats

CUTTACK: Bowing to massive all-round resentment and an overwhelming response from applicants, the Ravenshaw University authorities were forced to revoke the “controversial” notification that was ordered to slash the number of seats in Arts stream for both undergraduate and postgraduate courses.

“We have recalled the notification of reducing the seats and issued fresh orders to admit students as per the existing seats in previous years”, said the university registrar Satyakam Mishra. The decision to revoke the notification was taken in view of the resentments and encouraging response from the applicants to pursue higher education in traditional Arts subjects, Mishra told The Hindu on Wednesday.

It was learnt that as many as 1,000 applications have already been received online from students across the country seeking admission in undergraduate courses in Arts. Highly placed sources in the university said that the number of applications might touch 1,200 by the close of the deadline on June 20.

The university had earlier decided to reduce the number of seats in Arts from 512 to 256. It had also decided to slash as many 80 seats in MA courses.

The university had cited that due to lack of interest among the students to study the traditional subjects was the reason to reduce the seats. This decision was however, widely criticised by the students as well as educationists alleging that the newly formed varsity was trying to privatise the education.

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