Big rush for Delhi University's College St. Stephens for admission forms

May 25, 2010 - PRLog -- Chaos marked the first day of sale and submission of admission forms at St Stephen’s College on Tuesday with only a single counter catering to over a thousand applicants. Students waited in long queues in the college quadrangle for hours and with the mercury showing no signs of relenting, it made things even worse for them. The sale and receipt of forms will continue till June 11, 2010.

‘Standing in such a long queue in this heat is torturous. Another couple of counters could have made things better.’’ Agreed Rohit Saxena of Amity International, Noida, ‘‘The heat is getting unbearable. Why can’t the college open more counters?’’In fact, St Stephen’s had a similar experience last year when it sold a record number of over 25,000 forms with 1,250 being sold on the opening day itself. But the college says it has its reasons and the students should not be complaining.

Nandita Narain, media coordinator and in-charge of admissions, said: ‘‘Since it involves handling cash, we preferred a single counter operation this year as well. While forms can be purchased from the college counter, it can also be downloaded and mailed along with a demand draft. I don’t see any reason why students are cribbing about a single counter.’’

Besides, she said, a second counter would not be a feasible option as sale of forms involves money and, hence, it may not be viable for security reasons. ‘‘The UGC does not pay the employees and paying them from our pockets is not feasible. Also to avoid any untoward incident we let a few trusted people handle the counter..

For some students standing in the long queue under the scorching sun was a small sacrifice for the joy and excitement of college life. ‘‘I am pretty sure they take academics seriously. So, I don’t mind standing in the heat if I get through this prestigious college,’’ Shirin said.

The aspirants were given a separate hall to fill and submit the forms. Some of the parents appeared excited. Renu Agarwal, a parent, said: ‘‘Inspite of the
heat and the single counter, I am glad that we were given proper arrangements to fill up the forms.’’

Problems cropped up when the students’ counsellors suddenly vanished. A student from Manavsthali School, Alisha Kapoor, said: ‘‘I reached at 10 am and finally managed to get the form at 12:10 pm. But there was no sign of the counsellors, whose guidance would have saved a lot of time.’’

The students also complained of not being provided with complete information. To this, Narain simply passed the buck back to the students and said: ‘‘It was very much in the public knowledge. The information was supplied on our website well before time. It is for the students to do their homework properly and come.’’Sale of forms saw a marginal dip on the opening day this year with 1,168 forms being sold.

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