In a bid to ensure transparency in evaluation, the University of Delhi’s entrance examination for post graduate courses will most likely have only multiple-choice questions, starting this year.
It is part of several suggestions made by an admissions committee, which will be executed once it gets the final approval of the vice chancellor.
The following topics were discussed by the admissions committee:
- “There will be no subjective (essay-type) questions in entrance exams for PG subjects from this year,” a source in the 18-member committee told HT
- “Some departments used to have both subjective and objective questions. But as per University Grants Commission guidelines, all entrance exams should have only multiple-choice questions to maintain transparency.”
- According to media reports for the first time the entrance examinations may also be held at centres outside Delhi – Kolkata, Chennai, Jammu, Ahmedabad, Nagpur and Varanasi
- The other recommendations of the committee includes turning the whole admission process along with submission of course fee be online.
“Students can get the details from du.ac.in,” a university official said
- The admission process which will begin by April 25 will see students vying for the 8,000 postgraduate seats on offer. Out of these, however, 50 percent seats are reserved by departments reserve for direct admission to students who graduated from DU.
“In MA courses, 50 percent seats are reserved for DU graduates. The rest are filled through entrance tests followed by an interview,” an official said
- The entrance exams will most probably begin in the first week of June.
