Delhi University Sports Trial 2019: Students Face Inconvenience due to Delay
Delhi University (DU) has started the admission process for sports quota seats.DU sports quota trial started from July 2nd. However, students and parents claimed that they had to face inconvenience as the sports trials for admission began after five hours.
Delhi University (DU) has started with the admission process for sports quota seats from July 2nd. Students and parents complained that they had to face inconvenience as the sports trials for admission to the University of Delhi began after a delay of almost five hours. Many parents claimed that they arrived as early as 7 am but the authorities did not inform them about the timing of the sports trial.
One of a parent from Ghaziabad complained that there was no information about the authorities about the timings of the sports trail. According to them, authorities should have informed about the same in advance to avoid any confusion.
Up to 5% supernumerary seats are reserved by colleges affiliated to DU for students who have shown great prowess in the field of sports apart from other academic activities. Check Out the schedule for DU sports quota merit lists and dates for admission basis these lists below.
DU Sports Quota Admission Dates 2019:
Event | Date |
DU Sports Trial Start Date 2019 | July 2, 2019 |
| Sports Trial for Women Football Team | July 2, 2019 |
| Sports Trail for Men Football Team | July 4, 2019 |
| Sports Trail for Cricket Team | July 3, 2019 (Male Participants) July 4, 2019 ( Female Participants) |
DU Sports Trial Last Date 2019 | July 6, 2019 |
Document verification on the basis of first Sports Merit List | To be notified |
DU Second Individual College Sports Merit List to be announced on | To be notified |
Admission on the basis of Second Sports Quota Merit List | To be notified |
Document verification on the basis of second Sports Merit List | To be notified |
DU Third Individual College Sports Merit List to be announced on | To be notified |
Check out the DU Sports Trial Schedule for the 2019-20 academic session here.
DU Sports Quota Admission Schedule 2019:
In the year 2017, a total of 11,449 students had applied for admissions through sports quota in 2017. Out of these, 3,482 students were shortlisted in the merit list. DU had uploaded the total marks and eligibility of students who had applied for the sports quota on the dashboard. You can check the college-wise DU sports quota merit list 2017 below.
Here’s the Sports Quota Merit Lists of some of the Top DU Colleges:
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Candidates will have to secure admission by visiting the college where they wish to secure a seat. Also, all candidates are required to take their original documents for verification and calculating the best four percentage required for admission.
Although each college has 5% seats reserved for students applying through sports quota, it is the discretion of the college to fix the number of seats under sports quota.
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DU selects students for the sports quota merit list either directly or on the basis of sports trials. Students who have represented the country in international-level sports events are offered direct admissions whereas other students have to appear for a sports trial.