High cut-offs keep SC/ST students out

With high cut offs the going has been tough even for the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe students who have applied this year for undergraduate courses at Delhi University.. HT reports

With high cut offs the going has been tough even for the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe students who have applied this year for undergraduate courses at Delhi University.

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“This year the cut offs for various courses hovered above 50 per cent as compared to last year which easily went below 50 per cent,” said Gurpreet Singh Tuteja, deputy dean Students Welfare.

Around 1,500 SC ST students listed for counselling on Thursday (July 22) have to appear for the remaining seats. The bulk of the unfilled seats in science courses are the Physical and Life Science courses.