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What to study after Xth if you want to be in DU
Shikha Verma | New Delhi
School principals and teachers of schools in the NCR will now be counselled by Delhi University. The principals and teachers will be counselled to help students choose relevant subjects offered by CBSE after Class X examinations. There are many courses which are offered by CBSE but those courses are not accepted in Delhi University because of which students fail to get admission there.
SK Vij, dean of Students' Welfare of DU, said, "The main aim of the University in organising this counselling session is to save students from mental harassment. Through school principals and teachers, we are trying to spread our message regarding the courses which students should opt after Class X. School authorities must guide the students in choosing the course."
The counseling session is scheduled to take place on February 13 and February 20 in Delhi University north campus. On February 13, University will be counseling the principals and teachers of private schools and on February 20, DU will be counseling the principals and teachers of Government schools, Kendriya Vidyalayas and Rajkiya Sarvodaya Vidyalayas.
After their Class X exams, students get confused regarding the selection of appropriate streams and courses. In the state of confusion, students sometimes choose inappropriate courses in Class XI and after completing their schooling, when they approach Delhi University for admissions in graduation courses, they come to know that the courses they had studied are not applicable for admissions in DU.
Vij further said, "With this perception that they will gain more marks in vocational subjects, students chose subjects like Finance and Management, physical education and Sanskrit in classes XI and XII but there are several courses in the University for which the University do not accept these vocational subjects. Students come with a dream to study in DU but due to such subjects they lose their admission in the University."
Gurpreet Singh Tuteja, Deputy Dean of Students' Welfare, DU, said teachers will be made to understand how to calculate the marks from the best of four subjects and which subjects are compulsory for getting admission in a particular course. The University is holding this session to end the confusion right at the ground level.
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