CET for Journalism in Delhi University

The University of Delhi (DU) is planning to conduct a Common Entrance Test for the highly sought after B.A. (Hons) Journalism course. This move was initiated for the convenience of aspirants, who face innumerable difficulties at the time of application and examination.

There are five colleges presently that currently offer Journalism course at DU. They are Delhi College of Arts and Commerce, Kamala Nehru College, Lady Sri Ram College, Kalindi College and Maharaja Agrasen College. All these colleges are expected to be a part of the test that is scheduled to be conducted on June 19^th, 2011.In its first year, the Common Entrance Test will be coordinated by Maharaja Agrasen College.

Talking about why the concept of CET will be beneficial for the students, the Principal of Maharaja Agrasen College said, “Earlier, students had to travel from one college to another to apply for the B.A. (Hons) Journalism course. Several times, the dates for the entrance tests for Journalism at different colleges had clashed and students had to give up appearing for some. Having a common admission test for this course will help in solving this problem”.

He further added that the date for the entrance test has been conveyed to the university and the online application procedure for the test will be on the lines of the BBE, BBS and BFIA admissions. The discussions to finalize the modalities of admission to the course are still being held. The application procedure for the course will be conducted online.

DU expects about 4000 applications for the test. And as a result, they have decided to dedicate a separate online portal for the application to the test that would include online fee submission and grievance redressal. The portal will also be linked to the DU website as well as websites of all individual colleges.