Bathinda, November 18
The announcement made by the Punjab Technical University (PTU) to begin a second admission process in January apart from the July-August format, is set to spell boon for the students.
Making the announcement, university's top administrators said the move was expected to come to the rescue of the students who got their results late and missed out on the July-August admission process. According to the Dean (Academics), PTU, Dr Buta Singh Sidhu, the bi-annual admission process will help students, especially from Jammu & Kashmir, the North-East region and from other countries.
The move is being hailed by academicians and students alike as this would also pave the way for students who wish to migrate to a college affiliated to the university in Punjab. The university will however, make admissions against the seats left vacant after the first admission process.
"This is being done on the lines of the foreign universities which conduct admissions twice a year. Unlike the first admission process, this time the admissions will not be done through counselling. Instead, the colleges will notify the vacant seats in each trade and call applications and then admit the students on the basis of merit," said Vice-Chancellor of Punjab Technical University, Dr Rajneesh Arora.
"The colleges will first give preference to the JEE score secured by the aspirant and then to the marks attained by the student in the higher secondary examinations," he added.
For now, most of the BTech courses the syllabus does not require completing the first semester prior to the first, students will be directly admitted to the second semester. These students will be allowed to attend lectures with the existing batches.
He also clarified that after the admissions, the students will attend classes for the first and second semesters simultaneously. "It will be at the college's discretion as to how it plans to take the new students through the lectures conducted before January. The colleges may opt to conduct classes over the weekends, during summer vacations or in the evening," he added.
He further said in case colleges were short-staffed, they could conduct combined classes for the students taking admission in January.
The announcement made by the Punjab Technical University (PTU) to begin a second admission process in January apart from the July-August format, is set to spell boon for the students.
Making the announcement, university's top administrators said the move was expected to come to the rescue of the students who got their results late and missed out on the July-August admission process. According to the Dean (Academics), PTU, Dr Buta Singh Sidhu, the bi-annual admission process will help students, especially from Jammu & Kashmir, the North-East region and from other countries.
The move is being hailed by academicians and students alike as this would also pave the way for students who wish to migrate to a college affiliated to the university in Punjab. The university will however, make admissions against the seats left vacant after the first admission process.
"This is being done on the lines of the foreign universities which conduct admissions twice a year. Unlike the first admission process, this time the admissions will not be done through counselling. Instead, the colleges will notify the vacant seats in each trade and call applications and then admit the students on the basis of merit," said Vice-Chancellor of Punjab Technical University, Dr Rajneesh Arora.
"The colleges will first give preference to the JEE score secured by the aspirant and then to the marks attained by the student in the higher secondary examinations," he added.
For now, most of the BTech courses the syllabus does not require completing the first semester prior to the first, students will be directly admitted to the second semester. These students will be allowed to attend lectures with the existing batches.
He also clarified that after the admissions, the students will attend classes for the first and second semesters simultaneously. "It will be at the college's discretion as to how it plans to take the new students through the lectures conducted before January. The colleges may opt to conduct classes over the weekends, during summer vacations or in the evening," he added.
He further said in case colleges were short-staffed, they could conduct combined classes for the students taking admission in January.
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