Students rush at various form counters at a college in New Delhi
Long queues, confusion over online filing of forms and protests against the four-year programme marked the first day of the admission process for undergraduate courses at the Delhi University.
As many as 32,460 forms were sold at 18 designated centres today while 2,345 online forms were submitted along with required fees. A total of 3,129 filled-up forms were received at the centres.
There were some reports of the university's website crashing, but it was denied by the officials who said they had received 13,400 applications online but admitted that the website had slowed down.
Long queues were witnessed at all the 18 centres where forms were being sold. Aspiring students along with their parents had to brave the hot sun to collect the forms.
"We had to study so hard to get 91%... now this complicated system. There are long, long lines to collect the form, then the forms are confusing," said Tanisha Garg, a student.
"It is so hot, but there is no arrangement even for water for people standing in the queues," said Priyanka Sharma another student.
A total of 54,000 seats under the university's Four-Year Undergraduate Programme (FYUP) are up for grabs. The last date for submission of the forms is June 16.
A number of student organisations held protests at the university campus against the FYUP.
Students and teachers also protested against reported replacement of the undergraduate degree programmes with diplomas and certificate courses in the School of Open Learning as UGC has raised objections about the dual degree status of the Honours degree programmes.