St Stephen’s College rescinds decision to remove 50 undergraduate seats

St Stephen’s had decided to drop 50 of the 100 seats for programme courses citing lack of infrastructure. It had decided to redistribute the other 50 to Economics and English departments.

However,the college issued a statement about the re-appropriation of the 50 seats it had initially decided to drop. “Of the 100 seats,50 have been given to Economics and 30 to English. Physics and Chemistry have been given 10 seats each,” Karen Gabriel,spokesperson for the college,said.

Officials said the university administration had informed the college that it could not reduce its intake. “The university officials who had attended the meeting at St Stephen’s had expressed their dissent on the decision to drop seats,” a senior university official said.

Admissions to begin June 1

The admission process for the four-year undergraduate programme at St Stephen’s College is expected to begin from June 1,college authorities said.

K M Mathew,Tutor for Admissions at the college,said,“The application process will start from June 1 and go on till June 19. The first cut-off list shall be published on June 21. The interview list will be released either on May 21 or May 22. The interviews are going to be conducted on July 24. We intend to complete the admission process by July.“

The college is also planning to shift the entire application process online.