DU Admission 2020: As more students score over 95 percent in CBSE Boards, Cutoff Likely to Soar this Year

With almost double the number of students scoring above 95 per cent in the CBSE Board results this year, the Delhi University cutoffs are also likely to be high this year.

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"The next step for students will be to update the marks scored in CBSE Boards 2020. There is an increase in student scores above 95 per cent and 90 per cent, and we will see which streams they come from and how this will impact the cuts," Bagai said.

"Once we get the data on the portal, an analysis can only happen. We've been waiting for the UGC's revised academic calendar," she said.

"It's going to make a difference for us, especially in science courses since the NEET and JEE exams are scheduled for September."

Many of the NEET and JEE vacuum cleaners also apply to the DU.

In a few days' time, the admissions committee will sit down and take a decision, Bagai said.

Former member of the Academic Council, Pankaj Garg, said the cuts in the first list would be high, but even the cuts in the fifth and sixth lists would be two-three percentage points higher than last year.

For example, if the cut-off amounted to 88 per cent last year, it will be 90 per cent or 91 per cent this year, he said.

"Also, this year, students were not allowed to choose courses while filling out the varsity registration form. Colleges will, therefore, keep their gaps high as the number of seats is limited for courses," he said.

Anju Srivastava, Principal of the Hindu College, said that the first cut would be the same if not higher than last year.

"There are data that students who scored more than 95 per cent almost double last year. We 're going to have to keep the cuts high because of the limitations," she said.

The number of students who scored more than 95 per cent in the Grade 12 exam this year is more than double that of 17,693 in 2019, according to the CBSE.

In 2020, the year in which the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the examinations, this figure more than doubled, with 38,686 students accounting for more than 95%.

Similarly, the number of students who scored more than 90% also increased from about 94,000 in 2019 to nearly 1.6 in 2020.

A total of 11,92 lakh candidates took part in the examination, the results of which were announced on Monday.

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This year, students were assessed under an alternative assessment scheme, after the pending examinations had been cancelled due to the increase in COVID-19 cases.

Under the four-pointer scheme, the marks were awarded on the basis of the marks scored by the student in his or her best performing subjects.

Under the assessment scheme, students were divided into four categories.

The first had students who had been tested for all their subjects; their results were reported on the basis of their performance in all the papers.

Students in the second category had appeared in more than three subjects.

Marks were awarded for subjects for which they did not appear on the basis of the average of the marks obtained by them in the three best performing subjects.

The Board identified a third category of students who had appeared in only three subjects.

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For them, the average of the marks obtained in the two best performing subjects has been awarded in subjects whose examinations have not been carried out.

Students in the fourth category were mainly from the February riot-affected North East Delhi region, where the examinations had to be postponed.

The results of these students have been reported on the basis of their performance in subjects for which they have taken the test in addition to their performance in internal or practical project assessment.

The Board has decided to give students the opportunity to take a re-test if they are not satisfied with their results and want to improve them.

The marks scored in the retest will, however, be treated as final.