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‘Sorry, no seats in B. Com courses’

Abhijit Dev Kumar

Girl students of old city cry foul over admissions

Hyderabad: There seems to be a severe dearth of B.Com seats in the old city and it’s the girl students who are bearing the brunt of it. This was evident during the spot admission held at Government Degree College for Women at Hussaini Aalam on Thursday.

Over 150 applications for B.Com regular and B.Com computer courses were received by the college for spot admissions. Anxious parents and students waited for the admission list, which was put up during afternoon. However, their anxiety turned into rage when the management announced that only 33 seats were available for spot admissions.

‘Fraud list’

Also, students complained about discrepancies in the list as many numbers were missing from it. The list ended at 606 marks for B.Com (Computers) and 571 marks for B.Com (Regular). As a result, an argument broke out between Principal of the college, Dr. Meena Ahuja, and the parents. “Next year, we are going to introduce two more vocational courses in B.Com to accommodate the students. As of now there is no proper infrastructure for students opting for B.Com computers and we are also facing a staff crunch”, said Dr. Meena. But parents argued that the list should have been checked properly. “My daughter scored 678 marks and her number didn’t appear on the admission list, where as others who have scored less got admission”, said Mohammed Rafee, a parent.

Moreover, students whose numbers weren’t on the list were asked to join private colleges or do the course through distance education. “It is hard to get admission into a private college and the fee is also too high,” , says a student.

However, women’s colleges in the area have about 200 seats between them and the applicants far outnumber them. Moreover, many of them say their parents are quite reluctant to send them to colleges beyond Charminar, putting a ‘full stop’ to their education.

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