The KSU NEHU unit and NEHU Students’ Union have sought the intervention of Chief Minister Conrad Sangma regarding the interpretation of weightage required for admission in the North Eastern Hill University (NEHU).
In a letter sent to Sangma, both KSU and NEHUSU said that there is a conflict on the interpretation of weightage to be provided to the students seeking admission in the university.
Citing clause 5 of RC-1 under the ordinance OC-1 of NEHU, the two students’ bodies said that the weightage to be given to graduates from NEHU affiliated colleges and graduates who are from universities other than NEHU but who are domiciles of Meghalaya will be 10 per cent.
“Recently, the UGC has made CUET mandatory for admission in all Central universities and therefore admission in our university will be based on the CUET score. The weightage should be added to the CUET score as per NEHU ordinance. In this regard, there is an attempt to misinterpret the rules by contending that a weightage of 10 marks will be added instead of 10 per cent as per the ordinance,” the letter said.
KSU and NEHUSU also stated that the Central Admission Committee of NEHU held a meeting yesterday to interpret the ordinance. However, the meeting failed to reach a constructive conclusion due to differences in opinions.
“An Academic Council meeting will be held on the 20th of October, 2022 to interpret the same. We strongly oppose the ideology of misinterpreting the said ordinance as this would greatly hamper the aspiring students from the State and NEHU affiliated colleges as well. Further, we strongly oppose any amendment, if made in the Academic Council. We hereby request your office to kindly intervene in this matter and that the NEHU administration should not try to make any changes or misinterpret the said ordinance,” the two students’ bodies said.
They also insisted that the weightage to be provided to the students seeking admission in NEHU should be added in terms of percentage as per the ordinance and not in marks.
