News 24 Desk
New Delhi: Did the teachers of Hindu College and SRCC got 100 per cent marks in their 12th class board examinations. Certainly not. But they are defending cent per cent marks to get admission in their colleges. Miffed with cut off list, Union HRD Minister Kapil Sibal described as irrational the 100 per cent cut-off announced for some Delhi University courses.
Talking to media, Sibal said he was upset to learn about the impossibly high cut-offs and called it an irrational way of looking at admissions. There was no need for panic as he was in touch with the college authorities to rationalise the cut-offs. Sources inform that he also spoke to Delhi University Vice-Chancellor Dinesh Singh and asked him to look into the matter.
It may be recalled that in the first list announced on Tuesday, the Sri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC) pegged the cut-off for its hugely popular B.Com (Honours) course at 100 per cent for students who had not studied commerce in Class XII. For B.Com (Honours), Hindu College expects applicants to have scored between 95.5 per cent and 99 per cent. The high cut-offs have left hundreds of Delhi University aspirants disappointed.
SRCC principal PC Jain said there was nothing absurd in insisting that students from the non-commerce streams score perfect marks in all their subjects. But his statement does not tally with the Board results in various states. In Uttar Pradesh, topper Akash Yadav secured 92.3 per cent. In Karnataka, of the over five lakh students who appeared for the Class 12 exams, fewer than one hundred scored over 95 per cent.