University Wont Conduct Any More Admission Test To Fill The Vacancies
Ignoring the proposal of mentor panel members seems to have
backfired on Presidency University. Despite the mentor committing suggesting
VC Amita Chatterjee not to start postgraduation courses in all 20 departments, the
executive council members decided to go ahead with their plan and the varsity initiated
PG courses from this academic session.
However, when the classes started on Wednesday(31st Aug.), there were 98 vacant
seats. This only proves that students either did not have adequate confidence to
apply for PG in Presidency University or there were no takers of certain subjects,
said a senior academician of the institute. But the university will not hold any
more admission tests for postgraduate courses to fill the vacancies.
Amitava Chatterjee, faculty member of Presidency University, however, had a reason
to offer. In Economics department, all 27 seats have been filled up. In previous
years, we did not take admission tests. Neither did we follow such stringent measures
as has been chalked out this year. Earlier, undergraduation marks were taken into
consideration to get admissions. Even the minimum marks to apply were much lower
in some courses. But this year, we had set a cut-off to ensure a minimum standard and to compete with
the best international institutions. Many departments had increased the minimum
cut-off to apply in the PG courses. Those who did not meet the eligibility criteria
even after giving admission tests cannot reapply. This may have posed a problem
as many failed to reach the minimum eligibility marks in admission tests, he said.
Another senior teacher added, the university will have to set a standard for students.
The EC had decided that a minimum cut-off will be prepared for students to be given
admissions in PG courses. We cannot take those who fail to meet the minimum cut-off
in admission tests. Let the seats remain vacant. As per the EC decision, 50% seats
have been reserved for undergraduate students of Presidency University who will
get 505 in humanities or 55% in science in the UG courses while the rest seats will
be for outsiders. To get admission in them, the students will have to get 50% in
UG arts and 55% in UG science. They will then appear in the admission tests. Only
if they meet the cut-off they will be given admissions.
Courtesy: Times of India
