<p>After Kirori Mal College was criticised for holding admissions of out of Delhi Board students till the second day of the first cut-off list, now Ramjas College has come under the scanner for not giving admissions to students from Other Backward Classes (OBC) category who cleared the cut-off list.<br /><br /></p>.<p>While the students allege that despite scoring marks required in the cut-off list they are being denied admissions in various courses offered by the college, the Ramjas officials said they were following the rules laid down by the Delhi University.<br /><br />“I was eligible to apply in Political Science in the second cut-off list, however, my name was not there in the list. The officials told me that there are quite a few students who have scored more than me, thus I don’t have much of a chance. I think they keep cut-offs as a filter process so that not many students apply during admissions,” said Sachin, aspirant from Uttar Pradesh who scored 80 per cent. <br /><br />According to the cut-off list, 80-88 per cent is required for OBC candidate to apply in Ramjas College in Political Science (H). <br /><br />The admission convenor, Dhani Ram, said the university has a rule to admit OBC students on merit basis up to the sanctioned strength. <br /><br />An April 11 notification put up by the registrar regarding OBC admissions on the DU website said, “All those OBC candidates who meet the minimum eligibility marks in the qualified exam and the minimum eligibility marks (if any) in the entrance shall be eligible for admissions in the order of their merit, keeping in view of the availability of seats reserved for them.”<br /><br />“Now if a student with 80 per cent and somebody with 85 or 88 per cent also applies for a particular subject, we will first give admission to the one who has the highest score,” said Ram. <br /><br />“Also, we have limited number of seats sanctioned for OBC category. The university has not made it clear if we can admit more than the sanctioned strength under this category.”<br /><br />The college authorities sent a letter to the dean of students’ welfare (DSW) on Saturday asking “whether the OBC candidates can be admitted beyond the sanctioned strength”.<br />According to officials, there is a steep increase in the number of applicants from the OBC category this year. In Delhi’s class 12 result, at least 80 per cent OBC students have scored more than 80 per cent. <br /><br />The college said that most of their seats in sought-after courses for OBC category are almost full. <br /><br />“In BA (Programme) we received 80 applications for 30 seats in this category, out of which 20 have been filled. Similarly, in Political Science (H) 35 applications came for 17 seats, in which eight were from general category. These eight students have been given admission. In English (H), all the 17 seats are full for which 24 students had applied,” said Ram.<br /><br />Several other colleges have been admitting OBC candidates beyond the sanctioned strength. <br /><br />“The reservation issue is very sensitive and college authorities tend to compromise on it. They need to keep low cut-offs for reserved category students. However, the college also has to deal with lack of infrastructure for more number of students than the sanctioned strength, problem of overburdened teachers every year,” said a Sociology professor from Hindu College.</p>
<p>After Kirori Mal College was criticised for holding admissions of out of Delhi Board students till the second day of the first cut-off list, now Ramjas College has come under the scanner for not giving admissions to students from Other Backward Classes (OBC) category who cleared the cut-off list.<br /><br /></p>.<p>While the students allege that despite scoring marks required in the cut-off list they are being denied admissions in various courses offered by the college, the Ramjas officials said they were following the rules laid down by the Delhi University.<br /><br />“I was eligible to apply in Political Science in the second cut-off list, however, my name was not there in the list. The officials told me that there are quite a few students who have scored more than me, thus I don’t have much of a chance. I think they keep cut-offs as a filter process so that not many students apply during admissions,” said Sachin, aspirant from Uttar Pradesh who scored 80 per cent. <br /><br />According to the cut-off list, 80-88 per cent is required for OBC candidate to apply in Ramjas College in Political Science (H). <br /><br />The admission convenor, Dhani Ram, said the university has a rule to admit OBC students on merit basis up to the sanctioned strength. <br /><br />An April 11 notification put up by the registrar regarding OBC admissions on the DU website said, “All those OBC candidates who meet the minimum eligibility marks in the qualified exam and the minimum eligibility marks (if any) in the entrance shall be eligible for admissions in the order of their merit, keeping in view of the availability of seats reserved for them.”<br /><br />“Now if a student with 80 per cent and somebody with 85 or 88 per cent also applies for a particular subject, we will first give admission to the one who has the highest score,” said Ram. <br /><br />“Also, we have limited number of seats sanctioned for OBC category. The university has not made it clear if we can admit more than the sanctioned strength under this category.”<br /><br />The college authorities sent a letter to the dean of students’ welfare (DSW) on Saturday asking “whether the OBC candidates can be admitted beyond the sanctioned strength”.<br />According to officials, there is a steep increase in the number of applicants from the OBC category this year. In Delhi’s class 12 result, at least 80 per cent OBC students have scored more than 80 per cent. <br /><br />The college said that most of their seats in sought-after courses for OBC category are almost full. <br /><br />“In BA (Programme) we received 80 applications for 30 seats in this category, out of which 20 have been filled. Similarly, in Political Science (H) 35 applications came for 17 seats, in which eight were from general category. These eight students have been given admission. In English (H), all the 17 seats are full for which 24 students had applied,” said Ram.<br /><br />Several other colleges have been admitting OBC candidates beyond the sanctioned strength. <br /><br />“The reservation issue is very sensitive and college authorities tend to compromise on it. They need to keep low cut-offs for reserved category students. However, the college also has to deal with lack of infrastructure for more number of students than the sanctioned strength, problem of overburdened teachers every year,” said a Sociology professor from Hindu College.</p>
