B Com H most-sought course in DU

B Com Honours and Economics Honours continued to be the most sought after courses in Delhi University.

B Com Honours and Economics Honours continued to be the most sought after courses in Delhi University,with the cut-off marks for admission to these courses remaining over 90 per cent in major colleges.

According to the first cut-off list released tonight,the minimum marks required for admission to the B Com Hons course in Sri Ram College of Commerce ranges between 95.25 to 98.75,95 to 98 in Daulat Ram college,95.5 in Kirorimal and 95 to 97 per cent in Hansraj college.

The cut-off for the course in Lady Sriram college and Sri Venkateshwar college is both pegged at 95 per cent,while in Ramjas college and Kamla Nehru it is 94.5 to 97.5 and 92 to 96 per cent respectively.

In case of Economics Honours,another popular course among students,the cut-off marks were highest in Lady Sriram College,Hindu college and Hansraj college.

While in LSR,the minimum marks that will fetch you a seat in Economic Honours are 95.25 per cent,in Hansarj it is 93.25 to 95.25 while in Hindu it is 93 to 96.74.

The cut-offs in major colleges have not increased substantially as was being speculated,given the high number of applicants.

The first phase of the admission in the 60-odd affiliated colleges will start from tomorrow and will continue till June 25,the university authorities said.

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DU is offering 54,000 seats this year for its undergraduate programmes,5,000 more than last year8217;s 49,000.

The process of sale and submission of forms for admission to the university8217;s colleges began on May 28 and thousands of students flocked to North and South campus for buying forms,counselling sessions and submitting them.

In Sriram College of Commerce,the cut-off for BA Hons in Economics is 93.75 to 96.75.

Bcom Pass also continued to be a popular course with the cut-off in Ramjas 93.5 to 96.5,93 per cent in Kirorimal,and 94 in Sri Venkateshwar college.

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In Science courses,BSc Computer Science,Physic Honours and BSc Life Science emerged as the most popular courses.

In Hansraj college the cut off for admission to Computer Science stood at 94 to 98 per cent while in the Bhaskaracharya college of Applied Sciences it was 85 to 90.

The same was at 91 to 96 in Keshavmahavidyala.

For Physics Hons the cut-off in Hans Raj and Kirorimal both was at 75 per cent,while for BSc Life Science it was 80 and 75 for the two colleges respectively.

For Mathematics,the cut off in LSR was 85 to 90 and SGBT Khalsa college was 90.

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The university also brought out separate cut-offs for OBC students.

The cut off list was announced amid a call by the Delhi University Teachers Association,asking teachers to dissociate themselves from the admission procedure.

DUTA President Aditya Narayan Mishra claimed over 98 per cent of teachers had responded positively to the Union8217;s call.

DU authorities refused to comment on the number of teachers pulling out of the process,but Dean Students Welfare S K Vij said it was the colleges8217; responsibility to bring out the lists on time and they will manage it.