DU Admissions: AAP student wing demands separate college cut-offs, relaxation for girl students

NEW DELHI: The Chhatra Yuva Sangharsh Samiti (CYSS), the student wing of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), today demanded that the colleges affiliated to the Delhi University (DU) should be allowed to release cut-off marks separately instead of the centralised cut-off marks under the Common University Entrance Test (CUET).

CYSS leader Anand Prakash said the earlier system wherein the colleges used to release the cut-off marks were more transparent. “In the new system, the students are puzzled about the cut-off marks of various colleges. As a result, the students face problems while choosing programmes and colleges,” he added.

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The student wing also demanded that the DU should open a special admission window for students of violence-hit Manipur.

AAP student wing also demanded that the DU should give a 15-day relaxation period to the students belonging to other backward caste (OBC) and economically weaker section (EWS) students to submit their category certificates. They also demanded that the admission portal be opened for students seeking admission under sports quota so that they can upload their relevant certificates.

Prakash also raised the issue of fee increase in the past two years. “The DU authorities have hiked the fee by Rs 1,700 in the past two years. It will be detrimental to the students coming from poor sections of the society,” he added.

The CYSS also claimed that after the inception of Common University Entrance Test (CUET) the number of admissions have decreased drastically. AAP student wing claimed that around 15,000 seats were vacant in the colleges of DU. “In 2021, more than 54,000 girl students got admission in the DU colleges but after the centralised system was introduced in 2022, only 34,000 girl students were admitted, a drop of 34%,” Prakash said.

The CYSS has also released helpline numbers, 9717208239, 8375019223, 8586049885, 9868454488 and 8222840599, for students aspiring to take admission in Delhi University colleges.