Delhi University to conduct first CET for Journalism on June 29
The Delhi University this year will be conducting centralized admissions for the BA (Honors) Journalism programme for the academic session 2011-12.
This is the first time that the university is conducting a common entrance test for journalism. The test will be held on June 19 and will be conducted for journalism courses offered at all five colleges.
These colleges include Delhi College of Arts and Commerce, Kamala Nehru College, Kalindi College, Maharaja Agrasen College and Lady Shri Ram College.
The forms for the Combined Journalism Entrance Test (C-JET) will be made available online from May 20 to June 5. The test in its first year will be conducted by Maharaja Agrasen College.
Sunil Sondhi, Principal of Maharaja Agrasen College said that the whole admission procedure will be centralized for making it easier for the candidates.
Colleges have decided to allot a weightage of 50% to the score of the entrance test, 35% to marks in Class 12 and 15% to the personal interview that will be conducted. The results for the C-JET will be declared on June 29 and the interviews will most likely be conducted between July 2 and 8.
General category candidates should have at least 70% marks in four subjects in Class 12 to be eligible for the test and at least 60% in English. For reserved categories, the minimum marks in four subject for eligibility are required to be 65%.
Only five colleges in DU currently offer this course. However, the C-JET will be conducted across 10 colleges as DU is expecting nearly 5000 applications this year.
The total number of seats that are available in all five colleges are only 181.