It was just sometime back when the DU teachers said that the students do not need to worry about the cut-off even if their examinations got cancelled. However, the things do not seem like that from any angle out there.
Year 2020 has been like a roller roaster for each individual out there, which includes the students as well. The first cut off of the University of Delhi got released officially on 10th October. The students seemed upset after seeing the cut-offs as the sky-high cut-offs were way high than the students’ eligibility criteria.
The benchmark was set as 100% in the Lady Shri Ram College for 3 courses. No course, offered by the college, set its bar below 98% except Hindi Hons course. The sky-high cutoffs could be easily seen in around all the colleges of North campus who released their cut-offs 3-4% higher than the last time. More than 95% of the colleges have released their cut-offs higher than 92%. Around 36,000 students all over the nation secured more than 90 percent this year. Among these 36000, most students have applied for NEET, CLAT, and other competitive examinations. So, the ratio of admission in this university with the matching criteria is very less (less than 10%).
So, the area of concern arises here, is that, are the colleges aiming to give opportunities to only those who are less in number? Out of all the seats, only 1000 or less seats are going to get filled in the first stance in the top undergraduate colleges of the university. Students seem pretty upset by looking at the sky-high, unreal cut offs. They iterated the part that not all students have scored 100%. If collected maximum, only 10 students would be able to get admission. So, should we assume that the college is going to teach only 10 students? One such student, Nikita Doval, tweeted, expressing her views on the cut-offs that: “Come on LSR, you gave wings to so many of us and taught us to never settle for anything less than the full flight. We expect better from you. #DuCutoff”. Another student commented: “The irony of 10th October is that Delhi University has released the cut-offs on World Mental Health Day”. Another student, Akriti Verma, tweeted: “DU taking mental health of teens ‘halke me’ now…and will later organize seminars on mental health and push students to attend it also…nice; good going #DuCutoff”.
The University should look back at the official steps which they are going to take. They should make a ground reality check first, before releasing such data. If such unreal criteria is going to be released, which of course will come at a later moment, then students will not be left with any other option then to think, “Why to go for your dreamland in the sky DU, when you know that you have to come to the ground in your subsequent cut-offs? What this hype is all about? Is it fun to see students in despair?”
