Over One Lakh Applications under SC, ST & OBC Categories at Delhi University
- More than one lakh candidates have applied for Delhi University admissions under the reserved categories.
- 60,000 candidates alone have applied under the OBC quota and must have a valid certificate with their names on it.
The online registrations for admissions to undergraduate programmes inDelhi Universityclosed on 7th June 2018. As per the records, 2,78,574 candidates have registered for various programmes out of which 1,02,055 candidates are fromreserved categories.(SC/ST/OBC). On the other hand, it was witnessed that more than 60,000 candidates are fromOther Backward Classes(OBC).
As per the guidelines, the OBC certificatesshould be latest and must be valid at the time of admission. The administration said that the caste should be clearly mentioned in the certificate and the caste must be specified in the central government list for the admissions. Apart from this, the certificate should not be in the name of the parents rather the candidate seeking admission should have certificates in their own names.
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Talking about SC (scheduled castes) candidates, more than 34,000 applications were received by the university, which comprised 12.5% of the total registered applicants. Apart from these, the varsity has received 12,423 applications under the sports quota category. The sports trial forDU admissions 2018will be held at various colleges affiliated to the university. The varsity will release thefirst list of sports quotaon 9th July and shortlisted candidates can confirm their admissions by 11th June.
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As per the reports, the number of male applicants this academic year is 1,44,248 while the number of female applicants in undergraduate admissions is 1,34,287. Also, the university has received 533 applications in theKashmiri migrants category.