4,065 apply for DU sports quota admission

The fitness trials for admission to Delhi University's undergraduate courses through sports quota concluded today with 4,065 applicants having appeared for the same.
"A total of 4,065 applicants appeared for centralised fitness trials during three days. While 1,039 of them were girls, 3,026 boys had registered for the test," R S Mann, Coordinator of Sports Admission said.
The three-day trials from June 18-20 were held at DU's polo ground with Dronacharya and Arjuna awardees on panel to assess the candidates.
While the varsity witnessed chaos on day 1 due to large number of applicants, the remaining two days passed off peacefully.

DU reserves 5 per cent seats in all colleges under the sports and extra-curricular activities.
While there is a provision for direct admission for those who have represented the country in the Olympic Games, world championships, Commonwealth Games, Paralympics and Asian championships, others are evaluated on the basis of performance in trials and achievement certificates.

Until last year, candidates had to visit the colleges they were seeking admission to and often used to miss out on few opportunities as two or more colleges conducted their trials on the same day.
Keeping the same in mind, the varsity has made the process two-tier. While a centralised fitness test was conducted by the varsity's sports council, the ones qualifying will appear for sports-specific trials in colleges.

The fitness test, which is only a qualifying one, holds no weightage in the final marks. While 50 marks are allotted for college trials, the remaining 50 are for the certificates.
Students need to qualify either for the two 50-m run for endurance or the 1,000-m run or walk (candidates' choice) and 'standing board jump' in the fitness test.
However, for archery, chess and shooting, candidates need to qualify for only one of the three aforementioned tests.
In order to ensure transparency and avoid incidents of bias, the entire process was videotaped and students can raise their concerns if any with the grievance committee.

Unlike previous years, the students will no longer have to wait for the fitness certificate. The university will upload the list of qualified and unsuccessful candidates on the website and a hard copy will be sent to the colleges. The fitness certificate will have a photograph of the candidate to ensure they do not cheat.
The results of the fitness trials will be out on June 22.