Delhi: After slow start, Day 2 witnesses rush of aspirants

New Delhi: After a slow start on Saturday, Delhi University (DU) campus saw a rush of aspirants turning up for admission in its colleges on Tuesday.

With one more day left to take admission under the first cut-off list, which was released on Friday night, the colleges saw students and their parents making a beeline from 9 am in the scorching heat on Tuesday. The admission process went on beyond its closing time of 1.30 pm.

Unlike on Saturday, when students complained of facing technical glitches on the university’s website, they claimed that it was working fine on Tuesday. However, they faced other problems like having to submit original documents for verification at the time of admission and not finding courses mentioned earlier on DU’s website.  

Shaurya Kumar, who is seeking admission in Hindu College in physical sciences with electronics, said that while he made the cut-off for Hindu College, he is being denied admission unless he submits the original documents. “I just boarded out of NDA and they have my documents, which they will give me after eight to 10 days. I am ready to sign an undertaking that I will submit my documents, but the college won’t budge,” he said.

He further said that last year he took admission in NSIT, which is affiliated to DU, and they had checked his original documents then. “Since the university is same and verification process took place only last year, can’t they admit me on that basis?” he asked. 

Similarly, Raniya Aslam and Aysha Saja, who had come from Kerala to seek admission in DU, said that even though they had their original documents, they were asked to submit the provisional ones as well.

“The document verification process is very confusing. There are so many steps before we get to know whether our application is selected or rejected,” said Aslam, who was standing in queue for admission in Ramjas College. 

Students also alleged “miscommunication” and “non cooperation” on the part of the colleges.

Ridhima Jain, who is currently pursuing banking, had come to Hindu College in the hopes of applying to a short-term course in actuarial sciences after coming to know about its introduction from the college website and media reports.

However, to her dismay, the authorities refused the introduction of or admission in any such course. The course was said to start by August 16.

Another student from Kerala said that while the prospectus mentioned that Arabic could be used in the best four subjects, the college refused to include it.