PUNE: Officials of the Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) said almost all the merit lists for admission to various courses for the academic year 2021-22 will be declared by Friday evening after many students complained about the delay. The admission process, which will be completed online at this juncture, will also begin from Monday.
The entrance examination results were declared by the university last month, but there was a delay in uploading merit lists, due to technical and administrative reasons, N S Umarani, pro-vice-chancellor at SPPU, said.
While an earlier notification had mentioned that the merit list will be announced from August 14 onwards, a notification on August 20 again said that the entire process has been postponed. After this, there was no communication about the merit list from the university, causing much confusion among students who were waiting for the admission process to begin as soon as the results of all entrance examinations were out.
NS Umarani said, “There were some technical and administrative problems due to which the merit lists of many courses could not be displayed on time. However, a majority of the merit lists will be declared by Friday night barring two or three courses. The admission process will be completely online and will begin by Monday.”
This year also all the document submission and verification should be done in the online mode only. The admission of the student is subject to the submission of the hard copy of their valid documents when the offline session begins or as demanded by the department concerned, said a notification.
A student who had applied for MA in politics and public administration, as well as a diploma course in gender studies, said, “The university has released a new notification stating that merit lists have been uploaded but the list of courses is the same as the ones uploaded on August 15 and 17.
There is no communication about the merit lists. I have only applied to this university, but those who have applied to multiple places will be forced to pay the fees there because of the delay here. I am hoping that by Friday night, all lists will be out.”
Kamalakar Shete, a student activist, said the delay was affecting students who are unable to decide whether to wait for SPPU to declare the merit list or take admission wherever they get admission.
