Kolkata: Calcutta University (CU) has decided to include subject marks along with the best-of-four scores for the index calculation for undergraduate (UG) admissions to colleges. The university will send it to the Higher Education Council shortly.
A notice issued by the university on Wednesday stated that, to determine eligibility for admission to undergraduate courses, the merit index will be calculated by adding the marks obtained in the best four subjects and the marks obtained in the subject or related subject chosen as the major, in order of marks secured by a student.
If a student has not studied the subject or related subject in the Plus-II level, then the merit index will be calculated by only adding the marks obtained in the best four subjects. Compulsory environmental studies will not be taken into account. However, if it was studied as an elective subject with 100 marks in the Plus-II level, it may be considered.
For admission to three-year multidisciplinary (general) courses, the merit index will be based only on the aggregate marks obtained in the best four subjects.
CU vice-chancellor Asutosh Ghosh said, “Considering the feedback from college principals, we are sticking to the decision to calculate subject scores along with the marks obtained in the top four subjects. However, for the three-year multidisciplinary courses, which are considered general courses, the index calculation will be based on the marks of the top four subjects only.”
College principals welcomed the decision, as many of them were concerned that subject scores were not being counted, which could affect quality. Lady Brabourne College principal Siuli Sarkar said, “We are satisfied after receiving the notification from the university, which has endorsed our requests and reflected them in its decision. In our college, some departments that used to consider only subject and related subject scores will now consider the marks of the best four subjects for index calculation from this year.”
Minority colleges have already made their position clear to the university by sticking to their own index calculation format, prioritising subject scores for determining the eligibility for admission to major courses.
