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St. Stephen's College, has officially notified of conducting all the interviews as part of its admission process of 2020 in online mode, in view of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Earlier, this constituent college of Delhi University was considering switching to online interviews for enrolment to the undergraduate courses, this year. The college will begin online interview for UG, PG admission 2020 from September 28.
St. Stephen's College offers around 450 seats in 11 undergraduate courses, reserving 50% of the seats for Christian students. The college releases the cutoffs for undergraduate courses and thereafter conducts the tests and interviews, which together have a weightage of 15 marks. The remaining 85 marks are decided on the basis of class 12 exams.
The official notice reads: “Applicants who fall within the cut off and whose applications are in order can view and print the interview call letter by logging in to the College admissions portal using their unique user id and login credentials.
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The list of selected candidates for each course will be announced after the University of Delhi announces its first cut off. Thereafter, the list of applicants selected for admissions will be announced after the completion of interviews for each discipline.
Those who fail to complete their admission formalities and pay their fees within three days of the announcement of the list of selected applicants will forfeit their claim to admission.”
The college has also published an official statement that the admission process this year will be entirely online. The online interview will be a month-long affair for St. Stephen’s College UG Admission 2020 from September 28- October 27.
Earlier, the college governing body took this decision to do away with the written test component on June 30, 2020. However, a detailed official statement was awaited for the same.
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"It will not be possible to call the students for written tests. So the governing body has decided to do away with that. The interview will be held online and will carry 15 marks and the rest 85 marks will be allotted on the basis of class 12 performance. The detailed notification will be released soon." said Bishop Waris Masih, chairperson of St.Stephen's College.
He also added that the College has decided not to conduct trials for admissions under sports quota. Meanwhile, Delhi University scrapped group discussion and personal interview for PG Admissions 2020.
Some of the teachers are against online interviews and one of them stated, "It is alright to scrap written test components considering the prevailing situation but the virtual interviews will be a nightmare."
He further said that the college shortlists at least 5 to 7 candidates for each seat every year. It won't be possible to take so many interviews online. Also, it will be an injustice to the candidates who don't have proper access to the internet.
Another representative said that the online interviews should be removed as it will create a lot of confusion and panic among students.
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