DU Permits Admissions Of Kerala Board Students After Confusion Over Marksheets

Over 100 admissions of students of the Kerala board were put on hold by the Delhi University (DU) over a confusion related to their marksheets, but the matter was resolved after officials contacted the board in the southern state.

Over 100 admissions of students of the Kerala board were put on hold by the Delhi University (DU) over a confusion related to their marksheets, but the matter was resolved after officials contacted the board in the southern state, sources said on Wednesday. Amid a large number of students from the Kerala board applying to DU colleges, that too a majority of them being perfect scorers, an issue over their marksheets had risen on Monday, leading the admission branch of the university to direct the colleges to put the admissions on hold.

A majority of these admissions had taken place in north campus colleges, the sources said. According to a source, three Kerala boards are recognised by the Council Of Boards of School Education in India (COBSE) -- the Kerala Board of Public Examination, the Kerala Board of Higher Secondary Education and the Board of Vocational Higher Secondary Education.

"There was confusion when some students submitted marksheets issued by the Directorate of Higher Education, Kerala. We asked the colleges to put the admissions of these students on hold. After we contacted officials from Kerala, we found out that it is an authentic board and is approved by the COBSE. By 3 pm on Tuesday, we mailed to the colleges, asking them to approve the admissions that were put on hold," the source said.

Explaining the marksheet issue, he said the schools in which these students studied were probably affiliated to the Andhra Pradesh board earlier, but then there was a split. "There is a Board of Higher Secondary Education, which issued the Class 10 marksheets, while the board for Class 12 was being controlled by the Directorate of Higher Education, which issued the Class 12 marksheets. Talking about the marking given by the Kerala board, the source said it gives the marks of Class 11 as well as Class 12 in the marksheets.