DU Alleges St. Stephen College To Exceed Quota For Christian Students

Delhi University allegedly said that St. Stephen College has exceeded the approved quota of Christian students allocated under the seat allocation list. The university claimed that certain seats are still vacant in the college under the BA program despite candidates having met the CUET score cut-off.

Reportedly, DU identified several alarming issues that hindered the allocation process in the Christian minority college admission process. As per the public notice on the college, DU said that several seats in high-demand courses including B.Sc (H) Chemistry and B.Sc (H) Physics remained unfulfilled.

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So far no clarification has been issued by the St. Stephen College authorities.

John Varghese, the St. Stephen College principal, earlier said via a notice that Delhi University did not open its admission portal which is the Common Seat Allotment System (CSAS) for Christian minority students stopping them from joining the classes that started on August 29.

The college principal warned the DU if the university does not open the portal for Christian students by 5 pm on August 31, the college would take appropriate legal measure to protect the interest of such students.

This allegationa and counterallegation is in the series of dispute between DU and St. Stephen College over the admission policies and seat allocation criteria.

As per the DU notice, St. Stephen College sent the programme wise list of candidates to the university on August 28. However the university identified certain crucial and alarming aspects owing to the list and demanded clarification.

St. Stephen College demanded the updation of the candidates on CSAS for the fees and other joining formalities, however, Christian students were not allowed to access CSAS.