14,000 vie for admission to PU degree courses

Updated on: Thursday, June 23, 2011

More than 14,000 boys and girls have applied for admission to the three-year degree courses in arts, science and commerce streams of different colleges of Patna University (PU), even as there are less than 2,000 seats. The last date for submission of admission forms in all PU colleges except Patna College expired on Wednesday.

In Patna Science College, 2,400 forms were sold for admission to 300 seats in science stream. College principal Kashi Nath said that the cut-off list for admission would be published on June 29 and the admission process would start on July 1. Classes of the new batches would start from July 18, he said.

In Magadh Mahila College, more than 3,000 girls applied for admission against 428 seats in arts and science courses. There are 300 seats in BA Part I Honours class and only 128 in BSc Part I Honours class, said college principal Dolly Sinha.

Similarly, in B N College, as many as 2,500 students applied for admission against 400 seats in BA Part I Honours class and 156 in BSc Part I Honours class, said professor-in-charge M N Sinha. In Vanijya Mahavidyalaya, about 3,000 students applied for admission to BCom Part I Honours class. There are only 300 seats available in commerce stream.

Even as the last day for submission of admission forms in Patna College is June 25, more than 2,400 students have already applied for admission to BA Part I Honours class. There are only 400 seats in this class. The list of students selected for admission would be published on June 25 itself and the admission would be held from June 29 to July 15, said admission-in-charge Randhir Kumar Singh.

Though there was a move to extend the last date of submission of forms in different colleges by a week, it was not approved by the college principals at a meeting held here on Wednesday under the chairmanship of PU vice-chancellor Sudeepto Adhikari. The university has, however, made a formal request to the state HRD department for enhancing the sanctioned strength in different colleges to cope with the huge rush of admission seekers. College principals are expecting that the university's proposal would get a favourable response from the HRD department.

Times of India

14,000 vie for admission to PU degree courses

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