http://www.minglebox.com/news Education News and Views that you can use. en-us Thu, 20 Jun 2013 10:05:04 GMT Thu, 20 Jun 2013 10:05:04 GMT http://www.minglebox.com/rss Minglebox Feed Generator contact@minglebox.com contact@minglebox.com 5 142 18 http://www.minglebox.com/news http://www.minglebox.com/images/global/logo-of-minglebox.gif Jamia Milia Islamia University has cancelled the entrance test, which was held on June 18, 2013 for taking admission into M.A political science program. The exam was cancelled due to an “error” in the question papers. However, this test has been re-scheduled on Thursday, July 4, 2013 in the Commerce Building of JMI campus at around 10 am. There were 4 sets of question papers for the entrance test. However, upon completion of the entrance test it was noticed that approximately 15-20 questions were repeated in some of the sets of the Question Papers. As per JMI’s..

]]> Thu, 20 Jun 2013 08:01:04 GMT data-0001-fdbffeac3f5f5d55013f6099dee05f28 Delhi University (DU) registrations for admissions into undergraduate programs reached an all-time high of 2.5 lakh. The offline registrations were closed at 4pm, while the online registrations ended at midnight.  A total of 1,26,704 registrations were completed offline and 1,22,957 online. The total number of registrations online and offline including all categories was a whopping 2,49,661, over a lakh more than 1.47 lakh registrations received in 2012. A statement by the Dean of Students' Welfare’s office claimed that there was a 200% increase in online registrations this..

]]> Thu, 20 Jun 2013 07:38:53 GMT data-0001-fdbffeac3f5f5d55013f608591435667 As per the figures given the applications at Lucknow University (LU) has increased annually. In 2011, the university had received 17,600 online registrations and in 2012 it received 19,562 for admission in undergraduate program. This year the figures increased to 20,026 as reported till Monday, June 17, 2013. The total number of registrations is 36,500 as per official sources. Infact, the officials from university admission committee expect the number to rise even more since candidates may continue to submit application forms till Thursday, June 20, 2013 although the last date for fee..

]]> Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:17:22 GMT data-0001-fdbffeac3f585099013f5c273b6c3f86 Colleges under Delhi University have hiked the fees of various courses offered by them following Delhi University’s (DU) implementation of the four-year undergraduate program. Sources from DU’s joint dean of students' welfare’s office claimed that there has been no directive from DU to raise fees. Hence the decision to raise fees has been taken solely by the individual colleges. Some of the colleges, which have raised their course fees, are Sri Ram College for Commerce (SRCC), Hans Raj, St. Stephen's College, Kirori Mal, Lady Sri Ram and Ramjas. Officials of SRCC..

]]> Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:36:46 GMT data-0001-fdbffeac3f585099013f5c0211e134c0 The pre-admission registrations at Delhi University (DU) for its undergraduate admissions will close today Wednesday, June 19, 2013. To handle the last-day rush, DU has announced the extension of time for receiving the completed optical mark recognition forms till 4 pm at all the designated admission centers. DU is expecting a rush for the submission of the offline OMR (Common Pre-Admission form)forms across all the 18 designated colleges and centers. Apart from this, there could also be a sudden increase in last-minute online registrations since most of the students have created their..

]]> Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:58:38 GMT data-0001-fdbffeac3f585099013f5b7149780491 There is a sharp rise in applications from students from other states in Mumbai colleges. This adds to the woes of Maharashtra state board students trying to gain entry into a college or course of their choice. This year not even a single state board student made it to the merit list released by some of the top colleges in Mumbai. As per a source from HR College in Church gate, most of the students featuring in the merit list of colleges in Mumbai in 2013 are under the CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education). Majority of the applications are from students from outside Mumbai and..

]]> Fri, 14 Jun 2013 07:37:37 GMT data-0001-fdbffe853f338d8e013f419e41d37084 About 33 colleges under Delhi University (DU) will be introducing new courses this year. About 15 colleges will be introducing Discipline-1 ‘Honors’ or ‘major’ in economics from 2013. The university has released its intake list where it has shown that about 7 colleges are introducing English and History each, around 10 colleges are introducing math and about 8 colleges are introducing computer science. Around 33 colleges under DU have introduced either 1 or more Discipline-1 courses after the B. com, B.Sc and B.A programs have been scrapped from the FYUP..

]]> Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:48:44 GMT data-0001-fdbffe833f52b158013f5641dc081af2 For the first time pre-admission counseling was held by IGNOU(The Indira Gandhi National Open University) to guide candidates seeking admission to various streams in the university, as per an official statement released on Sunday, June 16, 2013. This counseling is administered by the student registration division of IGNOU. The session is being conducted at the IGNOU campus from 10:30 am to 5pm on weekdays till Wednesday, July 31, 2013, which is the last date of admission. It is offered for various programs under IGNOU ranging from Masters' degree programs to post-graduate..

]]> Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:00:40 GMT data-0001-fdbffe833f52b158013f5615dd5b0a9a Brand image of Delhi University (DU) is turning out to be its biggest USP (Unique Selling Proposition). The aspiring students are flocking to the university in spite of the opposition the four-year undergraduate program (FYUP) is receiving. The university has recorded a phenomenal number of registrations which stand at 2.23 lakh including 22,000 registrations for its new course – Bachelor in Management Studies. These figures were recorded till Sunday, June 16, 2013. As per the dean of student’s welfare’s office, till Saturday, June 15, 2013, DU had received 94,208..

]]> Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:31:16 GMT data-0001-fdbffead3f5075c7013f51e73fac0860 Anna University is set to announce the rank list of 521 affiliated engineering colleges of Tamil Nadu on Monday, June 17, 2013. The university was directed to publish the rank list of all the colleges in Tamil Nadu before Monday, June 17, 2013 by division bench of Acting Chief Justice R K Agarwal and Justice M Sathianarayanan under the Madras High Court based on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL). The PIL was filed by the father of an applicant who said that although various colleges do not have the required facilities, they mislead students with dubious advertisements. The PIL states..

]]> Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:20:32 GMT data-0001-fdbffead3f5075c7013f51dd6af3056a Degree colleges in Mumbai declared their first merit list on Tuesday, June 12. No sharp increase was seen in cutoffs for many courses this year. Around 5.35 lakh aspirants are seeking admission in Mumbai University's   graduate programs. Among them, around 2.54 lakh aspirants have registered online. University of Mumbai will take minimum 2 days to determine the number of students, who have made it through.   Several applicants complained about biased attitude of colleges shortly after cut off lists were released. The applicants alleged that the colleges were giving..

]]> Thu, 13 Jun 2013 10:32:23 GMT data-0001-fdbffe853f338d8e013f3d17e3b46e88 On Thursday, June 13, Mumbai degree colleges declared the second cut off list. Even a score of 90% or above seemed to be low as thousands of students were left without seats in their preferred colleges due to high cut offs prevailing in the second merit list as well. A marginal drop was seen in the cut offs released by a few colleges. Again, students from HSC board did not make it to the second merit list in the top colleges. Since a majority of students have already taken seats, a marginal dip in the cut–offs has been introduced by the colleges for the remaining seats. In the..

]]> Fri, 14 Jun 2013 10:01:15 GMT data-0001-fdbffeac3f3d5c67013f4221bea503b4 Rural development minister Jairam Ramesh met the Human Resource Development (HRD) minister MM Pallam Raju on Wednesday, June 12, 2013, to protest against the four-year undergraduate program (FYUP) under Delhi University (DU) . He voiced his concern not only as a citizen, but as a parent too. This meeting was also attended by University Grants Commission(UGC) chairperson Ved Prakash. Ramesh’s concerns stem from the fact that there are no assurances being given although the HRD minister is trying to rectify the situation. He also claimed that the Vice Chancellor (VC) has bypassed..

]]> Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:31:06 GMT data-0001-fdbffe853f338d8e013f41cf38d004b0 On Thursday, June 13, Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University, a state university was inaugurated. This will be the first ever technical state university for women in the country. Earlier, this was known as Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology. This institute formerly used to share its Kashmere Gate campus with Ambedkar University under Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University. Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University will be a non-affiliating university. Delhi Chief Minister, Sheila Dikshit inaugurated the institute and is quite hopeful that this university will outshine all the..

]]> Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:11:27 GMT data-0001-fdbffeac3f3d5c67013f41bd39ae633f UGC (University Grants Commission), the higher education regulator in India has ordered about 566 universities not to affiliate any technical or management colleges until the regulations and guidelines for technical courses are put in place for them. This directive of UGC is a result of Supreme Court’s judgment on Thursday, April 25 that MBA and other management programs shall not come under the domain of “technical education”. The court also mentioned that private institutions across the country will not require approval of AICTE (All India Council for Technical..

]]> Thu, 13 Jun 2013 09:50:25 GMT data-0001-fdbffe853f338d8e013f3cf177655cbc On June 12, Tuesday, the first merit list for degree courses in Maharashtra were released, which exhibited an increase of about 2% to 8% this year. Each self-financed course offers around 60 seats and maximum colleges have received more than 1,000 applications. Thus, numerous students are bound to face rejection. In city colleges, the cutoffs rose by nearly 8% for various popular courses such as BMM (Bachelor of Mass Media) and BMS (Bachelor of management Studies). Cutoff for BMM at HR College, Church gate is around 96%, exhibiting an increase of 3.3% over last year and for BMS program..

]]> Thu, 13 Jun 2013 07:52:43 GMT data-0001-fdbffe853f338d8e013f3c85b8c51d26 Several criticisms are mounting up daily against DU’s (Delhi University) new FYUP (four-year undergraduate program) and its hurried attitude to implement the same. Amidst all this criticism, Sheila Dikshit, the Chief Minister of Delhi, on Tuesday, June 11, supported the decision and mentioned that it would benefit the students academically. As per Dikshit, who is an alumna of the university, FYUP is receiving a good response from students. These innovations will actually open new paths for progress, betterment and advancement of these students. DU’s new FYUP has been..

]]> Wed, 12 Jun 2013 09:32:22 GMT data-0001-fdbffead3f338676013f37ba957b71df The online registrations for DU’s (Delhi University) FYUP (four-year undergraduate program) have now caught up with the pace of offline registrations. Around 56,535 forms were registered online while about 59,756 OMR forms were submitted during offline admissions resulting in DU registration crossing 1 lakh marks. On Tuesday, June 11, the total number of registrations has crossed the mark of about 1 lakh. Around 1, 16,291 aspirants have already applied for 4-year UG program for the academic session 2013-14. However, this figure excludes about 22,000 and more aspirants registered..

]]> Wed, 12 Jun 2013 09:10:17 GMT data-0001-fdbffead3f338676013f37a65d4a6ab8 Mumbai University delayed the release of its first merit list for degree college admissions leading to confusion and disappointment among students. Since the University decided to postpone the list on Monday afternoon, June 10, 2013, the students came to know about the delay only after reaching the college premises after 6 pm on the same day. As per the University, the first cut off list was expected to be released by Tuesday, June 11, 2013. However, the cut offs have still not been released. As per a Mumbai University official, the first merit list was postponed as heavy rains on..

]]> Wed, 12 Jun 2013 07:33:56 GMT data-0001-fdbffe853f338d8e013f374e2b023791 The English curriculum for DU’s (Delhi University) undergraduate English course contains full-fledged literary and cultural studies without any grammar component. As per a DU English Professor, students with interest in world literature as well as culture should join B.A. program in English. However, only students with a good hold on English language should apply for this program. Students who have done a higher level of English in CBSE will have an edge over other students. Till last year, CATE (Central Aptitude Test for English) was conducted for admission to B.A. English..

]]> Tue, 11 Jun 2013 11:18:16 GMT data-0001-fdbffeac3f2e7593013f32f52dd32792 Delhi University (DU) is about to set a record for itself with the growing number of registrations for admission in its undergraduate courses. The sale of admissions forms for DU commenced on June 5. Just six days after sale as well as submission of the pre-admission OMR forms, the university sold 1, 14,891 over-the-counter (otc) forms and received 69,459 online registrations. With 9 days left online registrations and eights more days left for offline registrations, the university officials are expecting the number of registrations to cross last year’s 1.9 lakh. This year DU..

]]> Tue, 11 Jun 2013 09:50:40 GMT data-0001-fdbffeac3f2e7593013f32a4fd8e0584 Studying mathematics in class XII and obtaining good marks in the same will definitely work in favor for DU undergraduate aspirants. This year not only mathematics has been made a compulsory subject in “ best of four’ , the marks obtained in the subject is also crucial for general candidates interested in not only Bachelor of mathematics but other popular courses as well such as Mathematics, statistics, economics, computer science and commerce in various colleges. A computer science aspirant, who wants to study at Acharya Narendra Dev College, will require at least 60%..

]]> Tue, 11 Jun 2013 08:11:53 GMT data-0001-fdbffeac3f2e7593013f324a8b0c6427 SSC students in Mumbai who are filling the online application forms for junior colleges will not go wrong this year in choosing the right colleges for themselves. A system has been introduced to warn students with low scores while filling forms for colleges with high cut-offs. This system automatically warns the students. The education department officials claimed that this system will help in avoiding chaos. Ever since the junior college admissions went online in Mumbai, many students ended up with no seats at all as they would opt for colleges with higher cut-offs than their scores. As a..

]]> Tue, 11 Jun 2013 07:22:22 GMT data-0001-fdbffead3f2e6cce013f321d35ad5011 On Saturday, June 8, DU (Delhi University) sold about 8,033 forms to general/OBC category. The process of selling forms began from Wednesday, June 5 and for the first time the forms sold to the aforesaid category were less than around 10,000. However, around 1, 00,372 forms were sold till now to the same category. On Saturday, June 8, around 1,927 forms were sold to the SC/ST and PWD (persons with disability) candidates and about 6,612 forms were submitted. Till 5 pm on Saturday, June 8, around 82,000 online registrations took place, among which about 33,000 were paid ones. DU changed..

]]> Mon, 10 Jun 2013 09:49:46 GMT data-0001-fdbffe853f2d126b013f2d7dcdfd29db For the first time DU (Delhi University) is offering BMS (Bachelor of Management Studies), a management program offered at the under-graduate level, which has created a lot of curiosity in aspirants. Courses included under the new program are: operations research macroeconomics and global environment investment and risk management accounting for managers and basic econometrics principles of marketing management corporate strategy international trade and finance This new program aims to create new frontiers of knowledge and standards of..

]]> Mon, 10 Jun 2013 08:02:29 GMT data-0001-fdbffe853f2d126b013f2d1b949b01f4 Only your talent is not going to get you anywhere in Delhi University ’s ECA (Extra Curricular Activities) selection procedure! Candidates seeking admission under ECA category should have scored good marks in class XII as well to get selected in the same. The Delhi University (DU) guidelines state that not more than about 15% concession shall be given to the ECA students from the last cutoff for a specific course under the general category cutoff list. Therefore, if the cutoff for admission to Bachelor in commerce in a college is supposed to be 95%, then for the ECA aspirants, it..

]]> Mon, 10 Jun 2013 07:43:23 GMT data-0001-fdbffe853f245c49013f2d0a178a5ed8 Delhi University is all set to replace its old 2-year postgraduate diploma in Hindi with a new 1-year postgraduate diploma in Hindi Journalism. On Friday, June 7, a special executive council meeting took place, in which the aforesaid decision was taken along with approval of the syllabi for disciplines 1 and 2 and applied courses. As per a statement released by the registrar of DU, the executive council has also approved the changes that were needed to calculate the total number of lectures delivered in the colleges or in the university for each academic year with respect to students..

]]> Mon, 10 Jun 2013 07:39:40 GMT data-0001-fdbffe853f245c49013f2d06aed75d1f Arun Jaitley has criticized DU’s (Delhi University) new FYUP (four-year graduation program) and also demanded that the decision of switching from the old 3-year program to the new FYUP must be delayed and extensive consultations must be held among academicians before such a switch. He raised certain questions on the move of the university in a letter to the HRD (Human Resource Development) Minister, pointing that the university has not considered all aspects and opinions before taking such a decision. As per him, he is "constrained" to make some observations on this..

]]> Fri, 07 Jun 2013 11:48:15 GMT data-0001-fdbffe843f14c1d5013f1e7733de7afc On Thursday, June 6, which was the 2 nd day for DU’s (Delhi University) admission to FYUP (four-year undergraduate program), about 27,606 forms were sold. Nearly 22,523 general category and OBC students bought the forms. About 5,083 SC/ST and PWD (persons with disability) students purchased the forms. Out of the total number of forms, about 7,517 were submitted. However, around 30,000 online registrations took place, of which about 14,000 were paid ones. For SC/ST and PWD students online registration is free. Like the Indraprastha College for Women, many colleges are holding..

]]> Fri, 07 Jun 2013 10:54:41 GMT data-0001-fdbffe843f14c1d5013f1e46299963f1 Initially the online registration deadline for Mumbai University was Friday, June 7, which is now extended to 10 am on Monday, June 10. On Thursday, June 6, the decision was taken as there were some problems prevailing in the website of the university and many students found it difficult to process their registration forms. On Thursday, June 6, the university received nearly 2.55 lakh applications, while around 1.38 lakh students registered on the same day. About 1.65 lakh students were enrolled in the university last year. Thus, it is predicted that about 40,000 students may register..

]]> Fri, 07 Jun 2013 07:53:47 GMT data-0001-fdbffe843f14c1d5013f1da08a7c09c9 Mumbai University’s online admission was a big failure. The authorities on Monday, June 03, became quite flustered when the official website did not function to the countless clicks by the aspiring candidates who wanted to log in for the pre-admission registration process. MKCL (Maharashtra Knowledge Corporation Limited) hosted Mumbai University website, crashed on Monday, 3 rd June. This is the same agency, which was responsible for the confusion in 2009 when the admissions to the junior college was made online but was made offline in halfway. This is for the 1 st time that..

]]> Fri, 07 Jun 2013 10:04:43 GMT data-0001-fdbffe853f14c1e4013f1e18681a1e3b DU’s (Delhi University) official website is the first-hand source of information for students who are seeking admissions to the colleges under the university. But, confusions prevail as contradictions in additional criteria and inconsistencies in the titles of B.A and B.com programs are taking place, which is becoming a problem for the aspirants. Earlier, the university declared that aspirants for commerce shall not be required to have mathematics in their class XII but, some colleges are now not only asking for math in class XII but are also asking for a minimum percentage as..

]]> Fri, 07 Jun 2013 09:52:08 GMT data-0001-fdbffe843f14c1d5013f1e0ce3c94295 University Grants Commission (UGC) has set up an advisory panel to monitor the rollout of Delhi University’s (DU) four year undergraduate program (FYUP). With the FYUP program rolling hastily, the government seems to have decided to keep an eye on its progress. The panel will be headed by an eminent scientist, SK Joshi, who is also currently a UGC member. However, Dinesh Singh, DU Vice Chancellor is not very happy with this development. Sources revealed that the VC claimed that this intervention will send out a wrong message to the students and parents and the so called..

]]> Thu, 06 Jun 2013 10:50:35 GMT data-0001-fdbffe853f14c1e4013f191c09126980 DU (Delhi University) sold around 42,860 forms and received about 3,724 completed ones. The increase in the total number of forms sold is due to the inclusion of forms for SC/ST and PWD (persons with disability) candidates. However, number of forms sold to the general category students and OBC candidates has also increased to about 35,200 this year, which were about 30,250 in the last year. On the other hand, the website of DU received about 34,000 hits and nearly 5,500 registrations. Out of these candidates, about 2,200 paid for the same. Many students ignoring the heat landed upon the..

]]> Thu, 06 Jun 2013 07:16:31 GMT data-0001-fdbffe853f14c1e4013f18580eda7cb7 The UGC (University Grants Commission) has now taken the charge of DEC (Distance Education Council). Under the administrative order, this takeover would have been a violation of IGNOU (Indira Gandhi National Open University) Act as DEC came into existence as an authority of IGNOU under Section 16 of the Act. However, on Saturday, May 4, IGNOU through a notification repealed and deleted the statute that provisioned for the DEC. This action of IGNOU was a consequence of the decision taken by the HRD Ministry last year to entrust UGC to become a regulatory authority for higher education..

]]> Wed, 05 Jun 2013 10:05:13 GMT data-0001-fdbffe853f0a6bfa013f13cc26d825ac The DU admissions have started today even though the heated debate and protest on conversion of DU’s (Delhi University) 3-year graduate program to FYUP (Four-year undergraduate program) is going on. Students and parents are in a state of confusion as the entire DU campus is divided over the issue. From 2013 onwards completing an honors degree will take 4 years time instead of 3 years at DU. Students, who have managed to obtain a score of around 95% or more, and have always dreamt of studying at DU are now having second thoughts about it. The extra one year added to the new..

]]> Wed, 05 Jun 2013 09:20:55 GMT data-0001-fdbffe853f0a6bfa013f13a3981f5289 Are you ready to take admission in the new FYUP (four-year undergraduate program) of Delhi University ? With DU admissions’ beginning today, Minglebox presents you with some points to remember: 1 common centralized admission form for all colleges excluding Jesus and Mary and St Stephen's Once applied online, it is not required to apply offline again To apply for individual quota such as sport or extra-curricular activities etc. individual colleges must be contacted. No need to be present in person while buying or submitting forms Colleges will check the..

]]> Wed, 05 Jun 2013 07:42:10 GMT data-0001-fdbffe853f0a6bfa013f13492fec0269 The admission process at DU (Delhi University) will commence from Wednesday, June 5.  Now, students can also take admission in the programs runs by DU’s CIC (Cluster Innovation Centre). CIC programs promote innovation and encourage students to think about solutions for real life problems. CIC collaborates with academia, industry and other sections of the society. Presently, under the undergraduate level, the university is offering about 2 programs: B.Tech in humanities 'Design-your-own-degree' under the meta university concept B.Tech in innovation with mathematics..

]]> Wed, 05 Jun 2013 05:42:09 GMT data-0001-fdbffe853f0a6bfa013f12db4e400306 Online registration for admissions in Delhi University will be conducted free of cost for students from backward communities (SC/ST) and physically disabled students. Rs. 50 will be charged from students under general and OBC category.  Students can make the payment through debit or credit card. This year, the cost for online registration has been reduced from Rs 100 to Rs. 50. Till last year, no online registration was conducted for SC/ST and physically handicapped students. This decision has been taken to make the admission process easier for students, especially those..

]]> Wed, 05 Jun 2013 05:37:41 GMT data-0001-fdbffe853f0a6bfa013f12d7373a752c DU (Delhi University) after making radical changes in the new 4-year undergraduate program, is also considering about bringing changes in the postgraduate program so that the total number of years required for post graduation remains at 5. The university is planning to form a system in which a student can earn a specific number of credits at UG and PG level so that the total number of years including the UG and PG will remain at 5. But all these plans are still at a budding stage. From Wednesday, June 5, the university is expected to commence its admission process for its new..

]]> Fri, 31 May 2013 05:54:32 GMT data-0001-fdbffeac3ef4cab6013ef926daea5a04 DU (Delhi University) is planning to deliver information regarding DU directly to users interested in getting the same on their mobile phones. An “ app creation competition ” has been announced by the university for students. By Friday, May 24, contestants were required to develop an application for android platform and submit a “working prototype”. The winning entry will then be downloadable from the DU website. The application will help its users keep posted on every little detail of the university along with other information, which can be typically accessed..

]]> Thu, 30 May 2013 08:51:14 GMT data-0001-fdbffeac3ef41c5a013ef4a242ce5531 A majority of CBSE Class XII students this year have scored above 90s. As a result, the cut offs for admissions this year will go sky high. Students with more than 90% and 95% marks exhibited an increase of 37% and 62% respectively this year. About 44,676 students have scored 90% and above in CBSE’s (Central Board of Secondary Education) exam of class XII. Moreover, around 701 students have managed to score a perfect 100 in mathematics, around 1,498 managed to get about 96% and higher in English and around 754 students managed to score about 98% and more in Physics. Therefore, for..

]]> Tue, 28 May 2013 10:16:50 GMT data-0001-fdbffe843ee68348013eeaa3e89c1e0d Delhi University has decided not to conduct any entrance exam for the aspirants of Bachelor of Journalism and Mass Communication (BJMC) programs. The admission to the program will be based only on the basis of merit. As per the strict directive of the university, there will be no entrance exam for the journalism course. Therefore, none of the colleges will be allowed to conduct any entrance test or plan out any other process for screening students. The colleges have to consider the best of 4 subjects including a language for admitting the students for the aforesaid course. The marks of..

]]> Mon, 27 May 2013 11:30:27 GMT data-0001-fdbffe843ed1d505013ee5c0f35801cd Delhi University officials are anticipating that this year the number of computer science applicants will be more than even economics after judging the number of queries. Those students, who will not able to make it to the best engineering colleges of the country, will opt for B. Tech in computer science from Delhi University. Students showed their interest in the computer science course by asking several questions in Delhi University’s Open Days, since the university has switched the undergraduate psychology course from ‘BA (honors) in Psychology’ to ‘B. Tech in..

]]> Tue, 21 May 2013 11:47:09 GMT data-0001-fdbffeac3ec684aa013ec6ea154335c5 One of the most reputed colleges under Delhi University, St. Stephens College , has decided to reduce around 50 seats for its annual intake owing to lack of infrastructure. This decision has been taken to sustain the total student strength of 1,200 in the campus for a span of 3 years. As per a college official’s statement, intake in honors courses such as, English, economics, physics and chemistry will increase this time due to the seat re-appropriation. Since Delhi University has scrapped the BA and B. Sc programs, about 100 seats of the same programs have been distributed among..

]]> Tue, 21 May 2013 10:27:53 GMT data-0001-fdbffeac3ec684aa013ec6a180c20f64 Monday, May 13, 2013, Delhi University (DU) conducted its first open day for its FYUP (four year undergraduate program) for the academic session 2013-14. On this day the DU university officials tried to clarify as much as doubts and queries possible for the anxious undergraduate aspirants regarding the Delhi University admission procedure and the FYUP. It was 3 hour session where the dean of students’ welfare of the university briefed his audience about the FYUP. From early morning, more than around 1,500 aspirants and their parents were present in the conference center. Staffs from..

]]> Tue, 14 May 2013 07:59:18 GMT data-0001-fdbffe833e8ef1e2013ea20cf5d42596 DU’s one of the most coveted courses, B.Com (Honors) will now be known as Bachelor in Commerce. However, as per past years’ trend, this year also Delhi University (DU) is expected to receive more applications in comparison to others courses. The cut offs obviously for this particular course is expected to be very high. The highest cutoff last year was 99.25% at Hindu College and the lowest was at Aditi Mahavidyalaya with 83%. Almost 18 colleges closed their admissions after releasing the first cut off list. Those colleges where the admissions remained open, the cut offs dropped..

]]> Tue, 04 Jun 2013 06:56:47 GMT data-0001-fdbffe843f0a6b1e013f0df943eb0adb Economics has witnessed the second highest cutoffs in Delhi University. Till the last year, the course of Bachelor in Economics, popularly known as economic (honors) witnessed a large number of students applying for the same as many of them opted for science-with-economics subject combination in the high school. An economics student while entering a college must have a good grasp on English, mathematics and logical reasoning. Last year, Hindu College witnessed the highest cutoff in economics with 95.75%-99.25% while Satyawati College Evening witnessed the lowest with 83%. Out of around..

]]> Mon, 03 Jun 2013 12:04:50 GMT data-0001-fdbffead3f0329f4013f09ecf14b49ec BHU (Banaras Hindu University) has commenced its admission process. For taking admissions to various UG and PG programs, BHU University is conducting entrance tests from Monday, May 20 to Friday June 07, 2013. Around 1.75 lakh candidates are appearing for BHU entrance test. The entrance exam is being conducted across the country in various cities. BHU officials revealed that the standards set by the founder differentiate them from various other universities as they not only provide their students with present-day education but also inculcate in them the ethical and moral values. BHU..

]]> Mon, 03 Jun 2013 11:33:12 GMT data-0001-fdbffead3f0329f4013f09cffaf93544 On Saturday, June 1, the very first day of admissions at St. Stephen’s college, more than 2,300 aspirants registered for admissions by about 6 pm. For the first time the college is carrying out the application process online. Out of the applicants who made payment online, maximum number of forms was filled for English (120), Economics (118) and Math (53) and History (51). St. Stephen’s is one of the most popular colleges in Delhi and most of the students aspire to study in the same. As a result, there have been quite a few cases wherein, swindlers have conned parents with..

]]> Mon, 03 Jun 2013 09:45:18 GMT data-0001-fdbffead3f0329f4013f096d31dd72f5