Delhi University: Online registration in colleges too!!

NEW DELHI: While Delhi University has decided to do away with registration of applicants through centralized OMR forms as well as registration by individual colleges, a few colleges are likely to initiate optional online registration. According to university sources, the administration is expected to issue guidelines on online registration soon. Moreover, the online registration will be optional and free of cost. 

Colleges say online registration will help them understand the scoring trends and come up with reliable cutoff lists. Principal of SRCC, P C Jain, said "We will be collecting data on our probable applicants via online registration, emails and SMSs. But the students will not be charged anything. This is primarily to map the scoring trend so that we can bring out realistic cutoffs. As per the instructions, all students, including those who do not register online, are eligible for admissions." 

The idea, Jain added, is to use past experience and tentative trends to calculate reliable cutoff lists. 

Hansraj College, however, is waiting for the university guidelines before starting with online registrations. "We will wait for the university to come out with the guidelines. But yes, online registration will help us get an idea about the cutoffs. We will also analyze board results to announce our cutoffs,'' said principal of Hansraj College, V K Kwatra. 

Meanwhile, university sources said, DU administration has made it clear that online registration will be optional and those students who do not apply online are also be eligible for admissions. "Colleges that opt for online registration can't charge any fee for it as this will defeat the very purpose of the new admission policy. The university is likely to issue specific guidelines for colleges who would like to opt for online registration,'' said a university official. 

Welcoming the registration free admission policy, principal of Kirori Mal College, Bhim Sen Singh said: "This is a step in the right direction. Now the students need not apply to a dozen colleges. They can just wait for the cutoffs and come for admissions directly.''