DU's zero cut-off for PhD Mathematics for SC/ST students raises criticisms on social media

New Delhi: The Delhi University's release of zero cut off for SC, ST students in pursuing PhD in Mathematics has raised massive criticisms on the social media.

While notifying about the interview schedule for the PhD admissions to the Department of Mathematics, the university authority has also declared the cut off to be fixed at zero for the candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe.

Following the announcement, people took to Twitter to express their disagreement. Netizens pointed out that the cut off for the unreserved category being 94 per cent, they will perhaps be denied admission due to a reserved category candidate.

So an SC student with 40 marks should get opportunity ahead of a GC student with 90%+ marks? Interesting https://t.co/dVj1kIFUz3

— A (@AzzzyArora) August 2, 2017

The PhD admission interviews have commenced from July 31 and will continue till August 4.

Reportedly, the university has released the names of 223 candidates who have been selected for the interview rounds. Among those, about 32 candidates competing for seats in the SC/ST categories.

Students could not digest the fact that SC, ST candidates did not require even basic passing marks of 30-40 per cent in order to be eligible for the programme, reported the Indian Express.