St Stephens College sticks to 15% weightage to interviews for admission; DU says not acceptable

Delhi University has opposed St Stephens Colleges decision to give 85 per cent weightage to Common University Entrance Test and 15 per cent to interviews for admission across categories, saying it will be treated as “null and void”.

The university said it will write to the college to withdraw its recently issued prospectus which mentions the 85:15 weightage formula, else such admissions will be not acceptable to the DU.

The prospectus for the colleges undergraduate courses 2022-23 stated, “St Stephens College will adopt the CUET as the eligibility criteria with 85 per cent weightage for CUET and the colleges interview for shortlisted candidates with a weightage of 15 per cent.” It had stated the same thing in its admission notice posted on its website last month. College principal John Varghese did not respond to calls and texts from

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