with marking as parents and child right activist crying of the pressure on children due to strict marking...
for board its simple give them marks in abundance let life cddecide where they actually stand
but this has actually put more pressure on children as seen from the situation
and of course we are coming with mugging idiots with top scores and false sense of acheivement
its somewhat same like lata mangeshkar criticized the Indian idol type contests ....it gives kids a false hope and false idea of their capabilities nothing else
The cut-offs of DU colleges have been bizarre over the last few years, the problem is more so with popular colleges like Stephen's , Srcc, LSR etc. Basically the quota system in colleges stated above should be completely abolished so as to facilitate admission of general candidates. Till then the general candidates ccan only dream of getting admissions !
CBSE topper should have applied for a better college. Stephens college is for children of politicians, rich people and VIP children. Generally they won't come for education. I didn't understand how a student gets hundred percent in XII class. unnecessary media is creating hype about Delhi University. In India Many reputed universities are there compared with DU.
Re: opted for better college
by asha on Jul 07, 2014 09:13 AM
You are absolutely correct. Kerala CM Oomen Chandy's son also studied in St. Stephen's Delhi
The Concept of Cutoffs should be done away with. Take 60 percent from 95 percent to 100 percent. Take 10 percent from 90 to 95 Percent Take 10 percent from 85 to 90 percent. Bcoz somebody getting 99 percent is equally good as that of 90 percent
I have the following questions? Who are the students that actually get in at 100% cutoff? How many seats were there in total? How many seats in general category and reserved? If they are actual people, why don’t they feature anywhere in the newspaper articles that accompany results day What are the cut offs applicable for reserved category? Which direction is higher education headed?
Re: Cut offs?
by Suresh Sethuraman on Jul 05, 2014 06:56 PM
The college is "St Stephens". The college would fill the seats in Minority quota (Catholic / protestant / anglican or which ever sect the college belongs to). Rest would be filled by Candidates based on merit. If the candidate converts to christianity that too of the sect which the college belongs to, he might get a seat. This is Indian secularism propogated by B.R.Ambedkar.
Re: Re: Cut offs?
by Suresh Sethuraman on Jul 05, 2014 07:00 PM
From wikipedia website: Academic department heads boycotted the first day of the 2008-09 academic year to protest another new policy setting aside positions for Christian faculty, a move seen by many as being part of the new dispensation's intention to impart a specific religious character to the famously secular institution.[24] This was done in conjunction with the new dispensation stating that they would enforce the 50% reservation for Christians in admitting students. While sanctioned by Indian law, St. Stephen's being a 'minority' institution, the college traditionally reserved no more than 25% of available seats for meritorious Christian candidates. Much media speculation and criticism appears not to have deterred administrators from going ahead with the move.[25]
Re: Something drastically wrong?
by Rajesh Bhatnagar on Jul 05, 2014 11:35 AM
Dear It is not something it is entire Indian system is rotten and it is not only higher education but school education has become big business these days and poor parents have no options left and wondering if school fees are very high then what will be the fate of millions of our childrens who when soughting higher educations. Shame on our system.
We are being systematically taken away from education to a rat race. Boards compete with each other to give higher marks to their students. Colleges create an aura of exclusivity by 100% cut offs. All this turns out meaningless down the road as students who do not have 100% also become good professionals. This charade of education must be stopped immediately and true learning must take it's place.
