At least 43,000 forms were sold over the counter by Delhi University on the first day it opened admission process for its undergraduate courses on Wednesday. Last year,around 30,000 forms were sold on Day 1.
Approximately,7,300 registered themselves online till 7 pm on the first day. Officials called this figure three times higher than the previous year.
"There were 2,500 online registrations last year,this year it's almost 7,500. Despite the heat,the sale of offline forms shot up. This is a response to the four-year undergraduate programme and how it is going to benefit students," Director (South Campus) Umesh Rai said.
"The university has made arrangements for both online and offline registrations. The office of Dean Students' Welfare advises candidates to make best use of online facility,which is available 24 hours. This will help save applicants' time and money," Dean Students' Welfare J M Khurana said.
To encourage online sale of forms,DU provided a concession in registration fee for online application. Yet,long queues were seen at registration centres across the university campus.
Even before the counters started selling forms,there were at least 200 students waiting at Faculty of Arts in North Campus. Similar queues were witnessed outside Miranda House and Kirorimal College around 9 am.
Aayushi Wadhwa,who was at Arts Faculty,said: "I reached here a little before 8 am. I decided to fill the form offline as I wanted to visit the campus and look at the colleges before applying." Having scored 82 per cent in Humanities,Aayushi hopes to get a seat in Political Science in Hindu or Hansraj.
Outside Dean Students' Welfare office in South Campus,queues remained long.
The four-year degree course,to be implemented this year,had many students trying to clear their doubts about the new format. "I attended the open house sessions,but not all of my questions have been answered," Jasmine Bhatia said.
She scored 94.5 per cent in Class XII and wants to pursue a BTech in Psychology. She said though she understood the change in structure,she was yet to understand the rationale behind it.
Another applicant,Suman Mongia said she did not mind an additional year of graduation as it would add more "value" to the course. "I did not attend any open house sessions,but I'm given to understand that it is aimed at increasing employability. The course should be able to meet this promise," she said.
Volunteers from various campus organisations helped students in filling forms and arrangements were made at for applicants who chose to queue up in the summer heat.
Meanwhile,students and teachers opposing the four-year undergraduate course were seen talking to applicants about the problems with the new format. A march from Arts Faculty to all admission centres in North Campus was also taken out,demanding a roll-back of the four-year undergraduate programme.
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