Delhi University Admissions 2019: Date And Time Confirmed By Official

Amid the speculations about the date and time of the admission process of Delhi University (DU), India Today, gets the ground zero report from the officials who refutes these claims. According to the officials, the admission process of Delhi University will begin later this week.

"May 27 is definitely not going to be admission day instead the process will begin later this week and the forms will be out at the beginning of June", said Rajeev Gupta, Dean of Students Welfare, DU.

Students are generally excited to get admission at the prestigious Delhi University. Every year many students apply to reserve a seat in this university. Last year, the university had started the admission process on May 15.

When asked about the reason for the delay in the admission process this year, Prof Rajeev said, " There are several reasons for the delay. But, the most prominent reason is last year's Delhi High Court direction to DU and CBSE". He explained that last year the Delhi High Court had instructed DU to delay its admission process and at the same time asked CBSE to advance its re-evaluation process to ensure the convenience of all students.

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"The registration process will remain opened only for two weeks this time where students can fill all the details. Once the registration process is over. We'll be releasing the cut off list within a week's time," he added.

Apart from caste reservations and extracurricular activities quota, this time the Govt of India has introduced a new category of reservation for 'Economically Weaker Section', accepting the guidelines of the government.

Every year millions of students register for higher studies in this university. On enquiring about the number of seats this time, Rajeev Gupta explained, "For 2019- 20 academic year, we'll be including the first phase of EWS addition. Last year, the total number of seats was 56,000. This time there will be as many as 6000 seats due to the inclusion of 10% reservation under EWS category, so nearly 62,000 seats will be available and reservation schemes will be at par with govt guidelines."

(Source: IndiaToday Education)