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Admission schedule for PU departments Chandigarh, July 3 The departments have given sufficient time to students to collect their marks-sheets of BA III and submit these to the departments concerned for working out their merit before interviews. The University follows separate admission criterion for the teaching departments in the categories of arts, commerce, science and languages. Admissions to all the postgraduate classes in science and commerce are based on an entrance examination. In the languages, certain departments like English and Sanskrit have introduced a written test to which a percentage of marks obtained in the previous classes will be added. In the arts classes, admissions are largely based on academic scores in the previous classes. The university received the admission forms till June 27. Since students had not received their results till that date, there has been a constant demand that the last date should be extended. University officials say that legal opinion on the issue had asked them to refrain from extending the last date. The first counselling for admission to first year of Bachelor of Engineering, B Sc (honours school) and B Pharmacy will be held between July 4 and July 9. The second counselling will take place between August 1 and August 6. The aptitude test for admission to MA I (Gandhian and Peace Studies ) will be held on July 8 followed by an interview. Interviews for MA I (Public Administration) will be held on July 7. In the Economics Department, candidates from reserved categories, including those in the NRI-sponsored category, have been called on July 7, while the general category students will be interviewed on July 8. The departments have clarified that no separate interview letters would be issued. Interviews in the Hindi Department will be held on July 7. The Botany Department will interview students seeking admission to M Sc (honours) on July 9. In the Law Department a provisional merit list of students invited for the interview will be displayed on July 6. The candidates in all categories, except sports and NRI, will be interviewed on July 7. The provisional list of all selected candidates will be displayed on July 10 and students will have to pay their fees on the same day. In case of students applying for law course at Regional Centre, Ludhiana, the provisional list of all candidates for interview will be displayed on July 8. Interviews will be conducted on July 9 and the final list will be displayed on July 10. Interviews in political science will be conducted on July 8. In the Geology Department, since a majority of the seats in MSc I are filled by students of ongoing B Sc classes, interviews for a few seats will be conducted on July 4. The Philosophy Department will complete its interviews on July 7. The Department of Physical Education will have its interviews on July 10 for BPEd and on July 11 for MA I which will be preceded by a written test. The Department of English has scheduled its admissions for July 7, the Departments of MSc (Chemistry and Physics) will conduct the interviews on July 8 and the Departments of History, Ancient History and Punjabi have fixed the date of interviews on July 9.  |
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Science stream dominates
admissions Chandigarh, July 3 Admissions first concluded at GMSSS-35, which turned out to be the most popular among students, closely followed by GMSSS-16. Finally, with no seats left in the two most coveted schools, the students turned to GMSSS-37. Tomorrow, admissions are likely to be closed at GMSSS-33 when the day begins. With admissions to the science stream dominating the day, members of the committees of various streams said admissions to the humanities stream usually picked up midway through the admission process. "The competition is more marked for the science stream, where students want to secure seats in top schools. Besides, seats in the arts stream are much more and permutations and combinations in the choice of subjects can be made which explains the poor response in the beginning,'' a committee member said. Compared to yesterday's drama, the admissions today at GMSSS-23 were marked by systematic announcements of names of applicants followed by approval to admit candidates by committees constituted for the purpose. To avoid inconvenience to parents and students, the 80 and above percentages were categorised into three groups, which allowed for easy management of the crowd and avoided confusion or chaos at the admission venue. A total of 1,242 seats were filled in the two days of admissions in the general and reserved categories. These comprised 994 seats in the science stream, 115 in commerce and 84 in humanities and 50-odd seats in vocational courses. Today, counselling for students securing above 80 per cent marks was held, where 802 students were admitted to the science stream, 65 went to commerce, 20 took up arts while only two students opted for vocational courses. |
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Art college courses get good response
Chandigarh, July 3 This year’s response to various courses being offered by the college has been more than encouraging. Whereas the total number of applications received by the college in 1999 was just 181, this year it has received 337 applications in all four streams being offered by it. The college is offering Bachelors of Fine Arts (BFA) degree in painting, sculpture, applied art and printmaking. Although individual preferences of students would be determined later at the stage of interviews, a general inquiry reveals that most students are interested in applied art, given the flexible nature of the field. There is also a general feeling that applied art students have better professional choices. However, the Principal, Prof Brahm Prakash, maintained that the response to various courses differed from year to year. “Sometimes there is a huge demand for painting and graphics. At other times, applied art seems to be the favourite. Finally, not everyone gets the stream he wants. We have to take care of the students’ profile before offering seats, he said.” While art courses are now regaining popularity, there was a time when the response to the courses declined considerably. About four years ago, the UT Administration had increased the quota for UT students to 85 per cent (from 60 per cent), thus leaving only 15 per cent seats for outsiders. Following this decision, the response to art courses fell tremendously, because there were not many local takers for these courses. Students in the general pool could only contest on 15 per cent of the seats. This resulted in a major decline in the popularity of courses being offered by the college. In 2000, there were 64 applicants in the UT pool and 117 in the general pool. The situation improved only last year after the condition of quota was relaxed to the earlier 60 per cent for UT and 40 per cent for the general pool. This year, the college received 110 applications in the UT pool and 247 in the general pool. The test for the UT pool will be held tomorrow and that for the general pool on July 7. |
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Evening Studies Dept rejects
six-day week Chandigarh, July 3 A communication of the department, signed by the Chairperson, was submitted in the office of the Vice-Chancellor by a delegation of faculty members here yesterday. The faculty members said the decision was discriminatory and aimed at lowering the status of the department and the dignity of its teachers, besides creating a wedge between teachers on the campus. The matter was earlier discussed at a faculty meeting. The department said postgraduate teaching in the department met the necessary stipulations. The department also met the requirements of BA classes and the only problem with regard to the department timing pertained to B.Com classes. The faculty has also agreed to extend the working hours beyond 10 pm to have five teaching days only. |
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Seats in the 13 sections of the three schools were filled before noon and cut-off percentages were as high as 84.4 per cent at GMSSS-35, 83.6 per cent at GMSSS-16 and 82.1 per cent at GMSSS-37 in medical and non-medical streams.