The Kejriwal government on Friday wrote to Delhi University Vice Chancellor Yo✤gesh Singh highlighting the difficulties faced by SC/ST students during the admission proces♈s and urged him to lower the cut-off for them to fill the vacant seats.
The undergraduate admissions, which the universiღty held through Common University Entrance Test (CUET) scores for the first time, concluded in December.
ඣBut, thousands of seats of the total 70,000 under the various undergraduate courses could not be fಞilled.
The vice chancellor, meanwhile, denied any plan to reopen admissions, saying the first semester is about to e❀nd now and it is not pos🃏sible to take in new students.
Delhi SC/ST 🐻Welfare Minister Raaj Kumar Anand wrote to Singh, seeking filling up of vacant seats in ♋DU colleges by lowering the cut-off marks for SC/ST students.
"In the current year, about thousands of seat🍨s are lying vacant in the reserved seats for Scheduled Caste students in DU. Because this year the same process is not being followed for the admission of these students and the admission is based on the marks or rank obtained in CUET (Common University Entꦏrance Test)," Anand said.
He said that earlier Delhi University used to reduce the cut-off marks if SC♍ seats were vacant.
"The same process is not being followed in the current year. Because the admission of SC stude꧋nts is based on the marks/rank obtained in CUET, the students of SC and ST communities are suffering," he said.
"Delhi government led by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has requested the Vice-Chancellor of DU to re-examine the issue and rel😼ax the admission criteria of DU to fill the vacant seats bℱy lowering the cut-off marks for SC students Committed to providing quality education to the poorest of the poor children," he added.
More than 65,000 seats in Undergraduate courses have been filled this academic session. Around 5,000 UG seats will remain vacant at various colleges of the Univer🧸sity of Delhi.
Speakinꦚg to PTI, Yogesh Singh said that the seats are only vacant in cou♈rses which are not in demand.
"I know seats are empty but the course is not in demand. We have taken all the steps to ensure seats get filled. However, the seats remain vacant. We have concluded the admission process for this year, and even the first s꧋emester is about to conclude. It is not possible to reopen the admission process," he said.
