Delhi University Permits Merit-Based Admissions at Two Colleges to Fill Vacant Seats

The University of Delhi has granted special permission to Aditi Mahavidyalaya and Bhagini Nivedita College to admit students to undergraduate programmes based on their Class 12 examination marks. The temporary relaxation was introduced after several rounds of counselling through the Common University Entrance Test Undergraduate failed to fill all available seats at the two institutions.

Under Delhi University’s regular admission system, candidates are allotted undergraduate seats through the Common Seat Allocation System using their CUET UG scores. University authorities have clarified that the alternative merit-based process is intended only to fill seats that remained vacant after multiple counselling rounds and does not replace the standard admission procedure followed across the university.

Following the approval, Bhagini Nivedita College began accepting offline applications for BA, BCom, BSc and certain other undergraduate programmes. Eligible applicants will be shortlisted according to their Class 12 board examination marks and the number of seats available in each course. The college asked interested candidates to submit their applications by August 5, with document verification and fee payment scheduled for August 6 and 7.

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Both colleges have reportedly experienced low enrolment levels for several years despite repeated CUET-based allocation rounds. Aditi Mahavidyalaya, located in Bawana, said that approximately 40 per cent of its undergraduate seats had remained vacant during recent admission cycles. The college attributed the situation partly to its location and the difficulties faced by students from surrounding rural communities in participating in the centralised entrance process.

College officials said many girls living in nearby rural areas do not appear for CUET because their families are reluctant to send them far from home for higher education. Consequently, some students with strong Class 12 results are unable to obtain admission even when seats remain available locally. Bhagini Nivedita College similarly approached the university after a substantial number of its seats remained unfilled following the regular counselling process.

The colleges have described the merit-based admission route as a one-time arrangement, while emphasising that CUET will remain the primary method for undergraduate admissions at Delhi University. However, the Indian National Teachers Congress has criticised the selective relaxation and called for a uniform policy covering vacant seats across all DU colleges, arguing that comparable admission opportunities should be available wherever vacancies persist.

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