Science, commerce pip arts in admission
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Armed with higher percentage by virtue of their subjects, they eat into arts quota
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Blaming “unequal’’ quota for admission to arts courses, these students complain that high scorers from the science and commerce streams hijack their chances of securing admission. Aarti Mahajan, who appeared for the CBSE exam from the humanities stream, wants to pursue English literature. But, she is worried that science students who have scored more than 90% will make it difficult for her to secure a seat for this course in any of the top colleges. “Last year, I was shocked to see that students who scored as high as 85% did not get admission for English literature in St Xavier’s College. Even friends who had applied to colleges outside the state faced the same problem,” said Mahajan, who always dreamed of a career in linguistics. It is difficult to score high in the arts stream as examiners do not give full marks for any answer, said experts. “In arts, the answers are lengthy and subjective, hence it is difficult to score. But, science and commerce students can score full marks,’’ said Dev Mukherjee, an arts student. Manju Nichani, principal of KC College College, said:“There is always a race to bag the limited number of seats. It becomes difficult for arts students as they face competition from other streams as well.’’ “The quota helps students and we have different criteria for their admissions. But the cut-offs for courses such as BMM and BMS do rise due to high percentages of other students.’’ But, arts students claim that the 50% quota is not enough as there is a huge number of students applying for these courses. “The cut-offs for BMM and BMS courses do not fall below 90% in the first and second lists for top colleges. Arts students should be given more preference,’’ said Mukherjee, who wants to pursue BMM. |
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