More seats for general students in St Stephen’s

More seats for general students in St Stephen’s

Students who are keen to join the most sought-after college of Delhi University, St Stephen’s, have a reason to rejoice. There will be more general category seats at St Stephen’s this year. As per a report in The Times of India, the college has reduced the ‘merit gap’ allowed for Christian candidates, which insiders say will lower the number of minority admissions and leave more seats for general students. Principal Valson Thampu has recently revealed the new admission guidelines.
Till last year, Christian candidates with 60% marks were eligible for admission is Stephens. But, now with the college authorities announcing new admission guidelines, the norm now has been changed to 15% less than the general cut-off in each stream.
So, if the cut-off for a course is 95% for general students, only Christian candidates with minimum 80% marks will be eligible. The merit gap between general and minority students was as high as 35% in some cases last year.
Another important change which will ensure more minority seats go to general category students is that the guidelines say “up to” 50% seats will be reserved for Christians. Last year, the quota was 50%.
These guidelines came to be implemented after the supreme council meeting on May 26, in which the college decided to stick to admission norms practised before 2008 — during the tenure of former principal Anil Wilson. This decision has been hailed by teachers and students alike.

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