New Delhi: Cheering sounds, happy faces, jumping in the air and lots of gifts pouring in from parents. A lot of such buzz took place last Thursday as the CBSE Class 12 results hit the screens. A total of 8,971 students scored more than 95 per cent whereas the number of more than 90 per cent scorers reached an all time high of 59,591, recording an increase of 15,000.
Delhi boy Sarthak Agarwal, the all-India topper, scored 99.6 per cent. The boy scored 100 in Physics, Chemistry, Maths and Economics and a 98 in English. With this just being an example for a 100 per cent best of four, it is possible to see an increase in the Delhi University's cut offs.
The last year saw the Delhi University cut off at 99.25 per cent and last to last year it soared to 100 per cent. This year still holds to see what the cut offs will be like for specific streams. However, the competition to get into the college of one's own choice is surely getting tougher.
The process of deciding cut offs is not based on the results. The university decides the cut off based on the applications they receive and keeping the past learning in view. The application form this time holds to let the student decide which subject they wish to study and not the choice of college.
This goes out to say, if an applicant with 99 per cent applied for Political Science (Honours) and since he does not mention the choice of college, he is applying to all colleges which have the option available. Thus, off campus college which do not have high cut offs otherwise will also be taking the candidate into consideration and have higher cut offs.
The admissions in Delhi University have continuously increased every year. The first day of distribution of Delhi University form saw the total of about 50,000 forms, picked up from various centres and downloaded from the site, all included.
The implication of high marks obtained by some CBSE and ICSE class 12 students has a negative effect on the admissions of those who do not secure very high marks. Even the fourth cut off turns out to be unaccommodating of these students.
As a result, these students are forced to take admissions in various private universities, spending huge sums of money, almost ten folds of what a student spends in Delhi University. Perhaps it is time now to revise the leniency with which the board papers are doled out marks in.
(Deeksha Sharma has done BA (Honours) in Political Science from Delhi University. She is currently pursuing a mass communication course.)
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