Ludhiana, July 15: On the first day of the seven-day admission schedule beginning today in Panjab University affiliated colleges, Government College for Women registered the highest cut-off percentage in the most sought-after courses like BCom and BCA among all the colleges in the city.
In a well-planned strategy by the college aiming to attract the best talent, GCW conducted the counselling for a majority of the courses on the first day itself, breaking away from its previous system of conducting admissions in a phased manner. Earlier, the college was losing on to best talent as students used to take admission in other colleges which held their counselling before GCW.
The college is considered to be the first preference for the girl students because of its reputation and lower fee structure.
“We used to lose best of the students to other colleges as we used to hold admissions later than the others. The deserving students with higher merit seeking admission to BCom or BCA used to secure admission in other colleges keeping in mind the risk of failing to make it to the merit list of the GCW,” said college principal Dr RK Aulakh, who asked the staff members to pull up the sleeves and conduct admissions for these popular courses on the first day itself.
“The students who were deserving and concerned about the fee structure felt disappointed because of our delay in conducting the counselling for some courses.They used to submitt the fee in the other colleges without getting the clear picture of their chances of getting admission in the GCW,” she added.
BCOM, BCA top the charts
With a number of applicants and the cut-off merit in BCom and BCA going up, the courses have retained their most sought-after status. In GCW, about 1,300 students had applied for 140 seats in BCom, as compared to last year’s 900 applicants.
In Khalsa College for Women (KCW), 850 applicants had filled up forms for 210 seats in BCom which was also higher than the number of applicants last year. SCD
Government College has also received close to 1300 forms for BCom, higher than last year.
loses its sheen
Interestingly, only 27 students turned up out of 60 applicants as against 140 seats in BSc medical at SCD Government College. At GCW also, only 130 students had applied for the course which has 120 seats in the college. Notably, the number of students taking medical stream at the Class XI level has also decreased drastically over the years which was evident by lesser number of students appearing for PMT in the state this year.
–Agencies