New Delhi: As per the new DU Admission 2022 policy released, Delhi University has reserved 50% of the total seats for minority colleges. 85% of these seats will be offered to students through CUET scores.
As per the statement made by the Vice-Chancellor of Delhi University, Yogesh Singh, the new admission policy will be followed from the 2022 academic session. The step has been taken to offer equal admission opportunities to all eligible students.
The statement was released after Delhi University affiliated colleges, St Stephen’s College and Jesus and Mary College (JMC) had requested the admission authority to clarify the reservation criteria for undergraduate courses for the upcoming session.
DU Admission 2022: Reservation Criteria for Minority Colleges
Clarifying the criteria for DU UG Admission 2022, Vice-Chancellor Yogesh Singh stated that admission to non-reserved 50% seats for undergraduate courses will be done based on the CUET scores of the candidates.
While for minority colleges, 50% of admission seats will be reserved for minority students. Under this, both St Stephen’s College and Jesus and Mary College have reserved their 50% admission seats for Christian students.
Additionally, for non-reserved colleges, the selection of candidates for DU UG Courses 2022 admission seats will be done based on the candidate's performance in CUET 2022 examination and the overall merit list released by the university.
The remaining 15% of admission seats will be decided by the respective colleges. The admissions to minority institutes, such as JMC and St Stephen’s College, will be done through CUET 2022 only, DU Vice-Chancellor further added.
This step is taken to bring relief to lakhs of students who wanted to apply for various undergraduate courses admission seats at Delhi University but were not able to get admission due to reservation criteria.
Following the admission criteria, colleges will release separate merit lists for unreserved and minority candidates during the counselling round. The final selection of candidates will be done based on academic qualification, entrance exam score, seat availability and other criteria.
As of now, there are mainly four Sikh minority colleges under Delhi University, which are: Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College, Sri Guru Gobind Singh Khalsa College of Commerce, Sri Guru Nanak Dev Khalsa College, and Mata Sundri College for Women.
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