4 out of 749 clear written test for Hindi MPhil, PhD

New Delhi: The results of JNU's entrance examination for the new academic year are out, with four out of 749 candidates being short-listed for an interview in the Hindi department, which has 12 seats in its Phil/PhD programme.        

 Other centres have also seen a similar pattern - with fewer numbers of candidates being called for vivas.

Students and teachers alleged that no extra points were being given to those coming from disadvantaged groups.

The chairperson of the Centre for Indian Languages, Gobind Prasad, said the reservation policy had been abolished.

“The centre has 12 seats vacant in the Hindi department, but only four out of 749 students who appeared for the test have been short-listed for the viva. There is no assurance that even if the four who cleared the written test will pass the interview stage, which carries 100 per cent weightage for the final selection,” he said.

A UGC 2016 notification has stipulated that students have to score at least 50 per cent in the written test to qualify for the interview, on the basis of which the final selection will be done.

Earlier, JNU gave 70 per cent weightage to the written test and 30 per cent for the interview, and accorded “deprivation points” to students from backward classes or remote areas.