The admission dilemma
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Will colleges, universities devise their own method for screening students or consider board marks?
With second PU and class 12 examinations cancelled, universities are in a fix as to how to conduct admissions for undergraduate courses, with some varsities saying that colleges affiliated to them can conduct their own entrance tests. K.R. Venugopal, Vice-Chancellor of Bangalore University, said colleges that have received more applications than the number of seats can conduct their own entrance test and admit students based on the scores. “Colleges can also admit students based on entrance test as well as class 12 marks allotted by their respective boards. However, colleges which have low demand for seats need not conduct an entrance test and can just use the marks allotted by the boards to shortlist students.” He said that of the 300 colleges affiliated to the university, only 20 colleges are in high demand by students.
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