The Admission Committee of Delhi University will be meeting today, Tuesday, to discuss the implementation of the 10% reservation for the Economically Weaker Section under the General category and increasing the intake for about 25% for the same, as ordered by the Ministry of Human Resource Development last week.
The University’s Academic Council has also decided to introduce 30 new undergraduate courses and postgraduate courses in almost 20 colleges.
Some of the approved courses include Bachelor of Arts (BA) (Honours) in Bhimrao Ambedkar college, BA (Hons) in Economics in Dyal Singh College and Guru Nanak Dev Khalsa College, BA (Hons) in Philosophy in Hansraj college among others. The postgraduate courses which have been approved include Master of Arts (MA) in English in Gurunanak Dev college and Master of Science (MSc) in operational research at Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies and Keshav college.
The Admission Committee however notified, nothing has been received in writing regarding the decision made by the Academic Council.
The Rajya Sabha on January 9 approved amending the Constitution to provide 10 percent reservation to poor candidates from the general category in jobs and education, with the government terming the landmark move as “slog over sixes”. The quota will be over and above the existing 50 percent reservation to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes (OBCs).