Covid may force Presidency, Jadavpur University admission minus tests
With no end to the Covid situation and the state notifying the state-aided universities to begin admissions from August 10, the entrance examinations to undergraduate programmes in Jadavpur University and Presidency University are uncertain.
Jadavpur UniversityKOLKATA: With no end to the Covid situation and the state notifying the state-aided universities to begin admissions from August 10, the entrance examinations to undergraduate programmes in Jadavpur University and Presidency University are uncertain.
Sources said that in JU, the teachers in humanities and science faculties have been advised to prepare a formula to be adopted in absence of admission tests. In 2019, for all humanities subjects at JU, entrance tests were conducted by the authorities.
“We shall hold faculty council meetings next week. The matter will then be placed before the admissions committee. JU is likely to start distributing admission forms from August,” said a faculty member.
The proposals being considered by individual departments include the decision to take into account aspects of a candidate’s performance in the Class-X boards to determine merit since several papers had been suspended in the HS level.
“Similarly, it should be left to individual departments to decide if seats should be allotted on a pro rata basis for different boards,” said physics faculty member at JU Partha Pratim Ray.
All these points have been put forward by the Jadavpur University Teachers Association (JUTA) and the opinions of the two faculties have been sought by Friday.
“Though admission tests are a necessity, it is impossible to hold them this year. Also, several candidates who apply to JU come from distant towns and villages and do not have the means to appear for online exam-inations,” added another JU official.
In Presidency University, senior officials said the decision to hold online or offline entrance examinations, announcing fresh dates or returning to the old method of marks-based admission will be decided by the West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination Board — which conducts the admission tests.
“Looking at the current condition, it is unlikely that we will be able to begin the academic session any time soon,” said a Presidency University official.
The Presidency University Bachelors Degree Entrance Test (PUBDET), which was scheduled for April, has been postponed due to the pandemic.
A decision will, however, be taken by both universities by August 10 when the admissions must begin.
Sources said that in JU, the teachers in humanities and science faculties have been advised to prepare a formula to be adopted in absence of admission tests. In 2019, for all humanities subjects at JU, entrance tests were conducted by the authorities.
“We shall hold faculty council meetings next week. The matter will then be placed before the admissions committee. JU is likely to start distributing admission forms from August,” said a faculty member.
The proposals being considered by individual departments include the decision to take into account aspects of a candidate’s performance in the Class-X boards to determine merit since several papers had been suspended in the HS level.
“Similarly, it should be left to individual departments to decide if seats should be allotted on a pro rata basis for different boards,” said physics faculty member at JU Partha Pratim Ray.
All these points have been put forward by the Jadavpur University Teachers Association (JUTA) and the opinions of the two faculties have been sought by Friday.
“Though admission tests are a necessity, it is impossible to hold them this year. Also, several candidates who apply to JU come from distant towns and villages and do not have the means to appear for online exam-inations,” added another JU official.
In Presidency University, senior officials said the decision to hold online or offline entrance examinations, announcing fresh dates or returning to the old method of marks-based admission will be decided by the West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination Board — which conducts the admission tests.
“Looking at the current condition, it is unlikely that we will be able to begin the academic session any time soon,” said a Presidency University official.
The Presidency University Bachelors Degree Entrance Test (PUBDET), which was scheduled for April, has been postponed due to the pandemic.
A decision will, however, be taken by both universities by August 10 when the admissions must begin.
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