<p>Delhi University will set up help desks for students coming from the northeastern states. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Apart from the centres, student volunteers from the northeastern states will be available in various colleges to guide DU aspirants. <br /><br />Four help desk centres will come up at Faculty of Arts in North campus, South campus, Rajdhani College and Shyam Lal College.<br /><br />Constituents<br /><br />“The help desks will consist of at least three teacher counsellors and student volunteers. The student volunteers from northeastern states will take care of the language barrier for students,” said a senior official.<br /><br />Primarily, the help desks have been put up for the Schedule Castes (SC) and Schedule Tribes (ST) candidates coming to the city from the northeast.<br /><br />A voluntary northeastern students’ body, Kuki Students Organisation will also put up a help desk at Faculty of Arts.<br /><br />“Language is the major problem for northeastern students from SC and ST backgrounds,” said Jangminthang, an ex DU student and an organisation member. <br />Though most of these students understand English, <br />the officials in DU interact in Hindi. <br /><br />Hence communication gap makes things difficult when they have to fill forms,” added Jangminthang.<br /><br />“The help desks will be open to all, although we have seen that SC and ST candidates face problems when it comes to language,” said the official.<br /><br />Also, students from these states should also attend the open days which will help them to clear initial admission related doubts, added the official.<br /><br />The help desk will be put up before the sale of admission forms starts on June 4.<br /></p>
<p>Delhi University will set up help desks for students coming from the northeastern states. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Apart from the centres, student volunteers from the northeastern states will be available in various colleges to guide DU aspirants. <br /><br />Four help desk centres will come up at Faculty of Arts in North campus, South campus, Rajdhani College and Shyam Lal College.<br /><br />Constituents<br /><br />“The help desks will consist of at least three teacher counsellors and student volunteers. The student volunteers from northeastern states will take care of the language barrier for students,” said a senior official.<br /><br />Primarily, the help desks have been put up for the Schedule Castes (SC) and Schedule Tribes (ST) candidates coming to the city from the northeast.<br /><br />A voluntary northeastern students’ body, Kuki Students Organisation will also put up a help desk at Faculty of Arts.<br /><br />“Language is the major problem for northeastern students from SC and ST backgrounds,” said Jangminthang, an ex DU student and an organisation member. <br />Though most of these students understand English, <br />the officials in DU interact in Hindi. <br /><br />Hence communication gap makes things difficult when they have to fill forms,” added Jangminthang.<br /><br />“The help desks will be open to all, although we have seen that SC and ST candidates face problems when it comes to language,” said the official.<br /><br />Also, students from these states should also attend the open days which will help them to clear initial admission related doubts, added the official.<br /><br />The help desk will be put up before the sale of admission forms starts on June 4.<br /></p>