Newsletter of Pravasi Legal Cell (Volume 2, Issue 2)
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PLC has taken up the issue of arbitrary and irrational admission policy followed by the DU
Pravasi Legal Cell has taken up the issue of arbitrary and irrational admission policy followed by the University of Delhi to its various Arts and Humanities undergraduate programmes. As per the prevailing admission policy of the University, the calculation of “best four” marks based on which admissions are done to various Arts and Humanities courses are restricted only to those subjects mentioned in the common prospectus of the University. Unfortunately, the list includes only Sanskrit, Hindi, Bengali, and Punjabi and excludes all the other Indian languages mentioned in the 8th Schedule of the Constitution of India. If any subject other than those mentioned in the said list is included in the calculation of “Best four marks” there is a deduction of 2.5 % in the aggregate score. This causes much discomfiture for those students who have opted their regional language for the board exams as elective subjects and have scored highly in the same. The illogical and arbitrary exc...