New Delhi: With over 10,000 admissions taking place in the BA programme in Delhi University this year after the fifth cut-off list, it has become the most sought-after course.
Professors at the varsity say, BA programme is no longer the poor cousin of honours degree courses and is not a backup opti-on. Manmohan Kaur, the principal of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Khalsa Coll-ege, said admissions to the course for the general category were closed after the third cut-off list.
Nidhi Bhandari, the convener of BA programme committee at Kamla Nehru College, said students want to keep their options open for MA cou-rses and it allows them greater flexibility.
“They study two main discipline subjects and apart from that, they have skill enhancement courses and generic courses.
Skill enhancement courses help enhance their knowledge of the two main discipline subjects while in generic courses, they get to study subjects other than their main subjects,” Ms Bhandari said.
She added that students can choose a combination of their choices like Maths and Sociology, Eng-ish and Politi-al Science, etc. Thus making them eligible for all the competitive exams.
Another reason for the course being a hit with the students is there is a perception that it is helpful for civil serices examination.
“During admission time, many students come to us with queries about how BA progra-mme is helpful for the preparation of civil services examination,” said a professor.
