Shradha Chettri

CBSE offers around 50 vocational subjects, among which the most popular ones are physical education, painting, sculpture, and media studies.

The DCPCR had conducted inspections twice — on July 1 and July 12 — following complaints to the commission that children were confined in the school basement for five hours on July 10.

However, university officials are worried that this may cause over-admission and put pressure on popular colleges.

Currently, teachers mark attendance on a register and then update it online either every week or at the end of the month.

The MoU pertains to the release of funds by the government to varsities, wherein the universities have to state their ways of fund generation, such as fee hike, and the loan they wish to take from the Higher Education Funding Agency (HEFA).

Amid instances of children falling ill and to monitor the quality of food, the Delhi government has said it wants to bring in NGO Akshay Patra Foundation, which provides meals in several other states.

Autonomy, as per the UGC, is meant to allow greater academic and administrative freedom to colleges. With autonomy, colleges would not be constituents of DU, and can decide on matters of fee and syllabus.

On Wednesday, as the Supreme Court gave its verdict, and the elected government expressed hope to fast-track recruitment and promotions, teachers in government schools and parents said there seemed to be hope on the horizon.

As per Article 8 of the Right to Education (RTE) Act 2009, primary schools run by the corporation are mandated to provide books, notebooks and stationery to all children.

Happiness Curriculum has been prepared by 40 teachers of government schools along with officials from SCERT and NGOs. While practising the curriculum, teachers will have to maintain daily records.

According to officials, admission figures at popular colleges under the first cut-off, which ended on June 21, suggest that close to 70 per cent have been taken up by students from southern states

Minor glitches were reported on Thursday as well, with colleges extending the time for admission till 3.30 pm. Ramjas College witnessed a massive rush, with students and parents having to wait for long hours.

Last year, 12 students from one of the two institutions — Telangana Tribal Welfare Residential Gurukulam — got admissions in colleges under Delhi University for the first time, sparking a buzz back home.

Problems were also faced by students regarding OBC certificates. One, issued in March 2018, was turned away at a renowned college. This was because the university has said colleges can accept OBC non-creamy layer certificates issued only after April 2018.

DU cut-off 2018: This year, BA programme was the second most applied course with 1,05,818 applications — next only to English.

DU admissions 2018: The Indian Express on June 15 had reported that the university, in a meeting with college representatives, said it would create an interface called the "cut-off finder".

Apart from the mode of examination, Persons With Disability (PWD) complained about distant exam centres being allotted for different subjects on the same day.

DU reserves 27% seats for OBC category applicants (non-creamy layer, central list). Colleges have to ensure that a student’s caste is included in the OBC central list as well as the list notified by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.

St Stephen’s College, which released its first list on Monday, saw its cut-off increase — indicating that this could be the trend for other colleges as well.