Education for some, disappointment for most

With number of students flocking to get admission in Delhi University increasing every year, even those who have secured more than 90% marks are uncertain of getting admission in the central University.

Every year the number of applicants in Delhi University increases by around 7%. Despite this the government hasn’t opened even a single college under DU in last 13-years. This has really made the competition very tough.

This issue found mention in Delhi assembly just two days after the admission process of Delhi University started. The Leader of Opposition V K Malhotra raised the issue saying lakhs of students apply in DU every year and only 10 % of the total applicants get admissions in it.

He also attracted member's attention over wrongdoings in DU and said people pay 10 to 15 lakhs in donations and also use fake mark sheets to get admission in DU.

The chief minister Sheila Dikshit on the other hand defended her government saying we have 28 colleges under Delhi University and University Grant Commission (UGC) has denied opening more colleges under Delhi University.

She tried to save her face by saying that she has got more than 100 colleges opened under Indraprastha University, established Ambedkar University, National Law University and has now got the Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women Bill, 2012 to open technical university for women.

The fact is, said Malhotra while talking to TSI, we got 28 colleges built out of them 16 were funded by UGC (95%) and rest 12 colleges were completely funded by the government.

“Saying that UGC has put a cap in opening of colleges under DU is baseless, if the government wants, it can open evening colleges which are completely funded by UGC and they can also write to UGC for opening new colleges and they can open colleges by baring all the expense,” he added.

Sumit Kumar, a student looking to get admission in DU to do B. Sc Honours in physics, is not sure if he will get admission in DU with 77% marks in class 12th. “Some of my friends have applied for other universities and private colleges, if we have more colleges, more seats will be available for the students and more opportunities will be there for them,” he said.

It is not the obligations which has stopped the government to expand Delhi University, but it is the will which is lacking somewhere.