DU Guidelines For State Board Subjects Cutoff Calculation: In order to calculate cut-off marks, DU has established rules for including topics taught by other state boards that are equal to those taught by the Central Board of Secondary Education.
With a significant number of students from Kerala applying to Delhi University institutions, the university has published rules on include courses from other state boards that are similar to those taught by the Central Board of Secondary Education in the calculation of cut-off scores.
An equivalency committee assesses whether state board topics are comparable to CBSE subjects and if they should be included for computing the cut-off score, which is the average of the best-of-four scores.
“If they (committee) say that a subject is not equivalent, it cannot be included in Best of Four,” said Rajeev Gupta, Chairman, Admissions at the university.
A meeting was held on Tuesday with colleges and a list was shared with them.
Gupta used the example of CBSE introducing Applied Mathematics as a course to assist students who are not well-versed in mathematics, implying that it is simpler than mathematics.
“CBSE has also written that students of Applied Mathematics will not be eligible for Physics (Honours), Chemistry (Honours) and Mathematics (Honours).
The Equivalence Committee considered it and found that the Applied Mathematics cannot be considered for Economics (Honours) since the course requires a difficult level of Mathematics but it can be considered for B.Com(Honours),” he said.
When deciding on equivalency, the committee examines criteria such as theoretical and practical component, curriculum, and so on, according to Gupta.
For example, the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education offers a subject called Mathematics and Statistics, which will be considered equivalent to CBSE Mathematics under the guidelines, and the Fundamentals of Business Mathematics offered by the Nagaland Board of School Education will also be considered equivalent to CBSE Mathematics.
The Bihar School Education Board, on the other hand, provides 50-mark Hindi and English papers in addition to 100-mark Hindi and English papers.
The committee has indicated that the 50-point papers would not be taken into account for calculating the best-of-four average for DU college applications.
Similarly, the Kerala Board of Higher Secondary Education’s Accountancy with Computer Accounting course would not be deemed equal to CBSE Business Studies, according to the guidelines.
Madhya Pradesh’s Business Economics paper will not be deemed comparable to CBSE Economics.
Similarly, the Maharashtra board’s Secretarial Practice would not be deemed equal to the Business Studies given to CBSE students.
Many of the colleges that have set 100% cut-offs for various courses have received applications from Kerala state board perfect scores.
Certain schools have been accused of unilaterally rejecting applicants without providing a compelling explanation or delaying applications based on “clarifications to be obtained from the institution.”
In a similar issue, the Students’ Federation of India has asked that the CBSE and its evaluation not be used to determine admissions.
“It has also been identified that CBSE and their methods are being the deciding factor regarding concerns of other state boards.
These tendencies have to stop and the university must be comprehensive,” the Left student outfit said in a statement. It also alleged discrimination against a “particular state board”.
“DU is bound to admit students satisfying all the eligibility criteria, it is a matter of shame that applicants are being discriminated against based on their board, while the hard work put in by the applicants from these varying boards are the same,” the student outfit said.
It was also claimed that a university faculty member had “antagonised the Kerala board for the excellent work of its students, using phrases like “Marks Jihad.”
“The university must put in place a mechanism through which it can clarify its doubts regarding different boards, their syllabus, mark distribution and calculation rather than putting the applicants at stake… We hope the university will issue necessary orders to smoothen the admission process for the students of Kerala Board of Secondary Education as for anybody from any other state board,” it said.
Over 2.87 lakh students applied for undergraduate courses at Delhi University, down from 3.53 lakh last year, with CBSE students accounting for the majority of applicants.
CBSE-affiliated schools had the most applications (2.29 lakh), followed by Haryana Board of School Education (9,918), Council for the Indian School Certification Examination (9,659), and UP Board of High School and Intermediate Education (9,659). (8,007).
Kerala Board of Higher Secondary Education received 4,824 applications.
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