Delhi University constitutes committee to draft guidelines for ECA trials

NEW DELHI: The Delhi University has constituted a seven-member committee to draft policy guidelines for the Extra-Curricular Activities (ECA) for the 2022-23 academic session, an official notification said.

Professor Alka Nagpal, Dean, Faculty of Music and Fine Arts has been appointed as its chairperson, while Dr Deepti Taneja, Joint Dean, Cultural Council office, has been chosen as its convener and member secretary. Anoop Lather, Advisor, Cultural Council has been appointed as the advisor to the committee.

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The university will be holding admissions to undergraduate courses through the Common University Entrance Test that has been made mandatory for all central universities from this year. ECA trials were not held the past two years owing to the coronavirus pandemic. Delhi University has decided to replace the existing cut-off system which was based on the Class 12th marks.

In the last executive meeting, the members of DU executive council agreed to adopt the CUET 2022 entrance test score for admission to UG programmes. The students have to necessarily pass the Class 12th examination to be eligible for admission to DU UG programmes.

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The CUET application form 2022 for UG programmes will be released on April 2. The last date to fill and submit the CUET application form 2022 is April 30. The CUET 2022 entrance exam will be conducted in the first week of July.

The CUET 2022 exam will be held in two shifts. The first shift consists of one language test, two domain-specific papers and a general test. The second shift of the CUET exam 2022 includes four domain-specific subjects and one optional language subject.

(with inputs from PTI)