NTA’s Dangerous Obsession with Centralisation
Apoorvanand | 09 July 2024 | Frontline
I live on the main campus of the University of Delhi, popularly known as Delhi University (DU). In the month of June, one finds it difficult to negotiate the roads because young girls and boys with their parents are milling outside the gates of Daulat Ram College, Ramjas College, Shri Ram College of Commerce, or Hindu College, waiting for the call for admission to undergraduate (UG) courses. This is the first indication of the advent of a new session, which usually begins on July 21.
This year the streets were empty in June and continue to be, like last year. DU has not yet published any schedule for UG admissions for the 2024-25 academic year. Last year, this process started on August 1, 2023, which delayed the session. The academic session could start only in mid-August.
The same is true for admissions to postgraduate (PG) courses. The story is the same in universities such as Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)…