Delhi University announced ‘zero’ cut-off for SC/ST, and this is how Twitterati reacted

Delhi University released the interview schedule and cut off marks for the PhD admissions in the Department of Mathematics, and it left most of the students bewildered.

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Can you believe it? (Source: File Photo)

College and university admissions can be quite stressful and with high cut-offs, students often lose out on studying in their dream institutes. And when it comes to Delhi University, its ‘unusual’ cut-offs have always made news. The top university always left people fuming with its bizarre expectation of setting the cut-off as high as 99 per cent! However, when they set out to lower their cut-offs for PhD admission, they went to another extreme level and set it at zero for the SC/ST candidates. The admission notice has baffled everyone and student went into a frenzy.

The university released the interview schedule and cut-off marks for the PhD admissions in the Department of Mathematics, and it left most of the students bewildered.

Take a look at some reactions on Twitter here.

So an SC student with 40 marks should get opportunity ahead of a GC student with 90%+ marks? Interesting 🤔 https://t.co/dVj1kIFUz3

— A (@AzzzyArora) August 2, 2017

DU Maths PhD interview criteria is Zero Marks for SC/ST (Gen- 94/200). Imagine, a person who can’t score single marks can be ur Professor 🙏

— Ankur Singh (@iAnkurSingh) August 3, 2017

Sir even phd interview cut off for sc/st is zero 0. And gen is 98. What is the education system in india

— prashant sharma (@sharmapacific) August 2, 2017

We need change @narendramodi @PrakashJavdekar
SC/ST students r eligible 4 PhD in math (DU)even if they score 0 but for others you need 84+ pic.twitter.com/AZDLSPsHzD

— Gaurav …. (@ashugaurav13) July 31, 2017

#prakashjavadekar@DU’s Cut-Off For ST/SC For PhD In Mathematics Is ZERO.

Lol… I think education system tends to zero.

— Hemant sharma (@Hemants69820425) August 5, 2017

What kind off equality is this sir du has granted cut off for special drive we are not students ! If we belong to general category https://t.co/CwE8xjh15t

— Yashaswi Srivastava (@YashaswiSrivas4) August 3, 2017

#prakashjavadekar@DU’s Cut-Off For ST/SC For PhD In Mathematics Is ZERO.

Lol… I think education system tends to zero.

— Hemant sharma (@Hemants69820425) August 5, 2017

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