Gravitas Plus: Is Delhi University being unfair to students? 

"The industry is not interested in a student who makes it to a college because of a magical 100%" damn true !

"100% is the new 90% in India", that is wonderful quote for life also I think.

This is why general students are leaving India for higher studies.

Students end up mugging hundreds of books, they become robots. They lose their childhood. I don't know what is the point of such an education system. And this is very sad

As a student this made me very emotional. In a country with a large number of students, having no 3rd allotment, TOO MUCH EXPECTATION and sky rocketing cut-offs, suicide rates and depression among students are obvious. Take a look at NEET 2021 itself. Indian education system should change- which accepts more passionate students rather than students with high scores. There are lakhs of students in India who loses a chance to study in their dream colleges just because of the high cut-offs and elimination. No wonder why more and more students prefer going abroad for their higher studies. Shame on Indian Education System.

Nobody pays attention to such issues... Thanks Palki Mam for raising this issue 🙏🙏🙏🙏

I would not be suprise when colleges would ask for 110%. Even if it is not possible 😅😅.

Its sad how everyone is talking about students who scored 90% and 100% . What about average students with 80-85% scores

Srinivasa Ramanujan, the brightest mind Indian has ever produced would not have been admitted based on these cutoffs. This is shameful.

I completely agree with this Article. Currently Indian kids are thought - How to win a Rat Race & work for foreign country , nothing else seems to be in that Bright Scholars mind...there must be some strict reform.

Do not blame the ones who go abroad, our merit is completely different from what works in India. Indian colleges do not care about extracurricular, soft skills and even previous experience in the major a student is pursuing is not considered.

"As you grow, sometimes you will have to take the cookie as it crumbles" - Delhi High Court The Indian Judiciary trolled themselves and made a joke out of Justice. This is India people are proud of !

Universities and schools nowadays buy students which already score 90+ and brag about how good their institutions are whereas those institutions where 34% is raised to 70% with lots of hardwork by both students and teachers are looked down upon.

Indian Education System is a joke. Seriously! I mean it. We need reforms and I hope the New National education policy is a step in that direction, still I can only bet a 5 on 10 on it. We need major reforms, major.

Even Albert Einstein won't make it to the cut offs in DU unless he is from the reserved categories

I recently got my JEE Advanced results. Even after qualifying AND knowing I won't get into an IIT, (being a general+boy+not EWS), this video literally made me break out. Enough is enough.

Who gets out of marks in languages...Blown up scores everywhere... What a madness! 🧐

And even after scoring such high marks, these guys are unable to draft a formal letter or a resume.

One of India's home ministers once said, "An illiterate person could become a big burden on the country." Oh, the irony...

I don't understand why DU's demand is soo high,even though thier world ranking is not even close to top 400 University,

Ma'am,i am a general student ,and ma'am u r the first to say "where does the general students go " .u r the first to recognize our pain. Thank you

Journalists we need, who raise the actual issues being faced by people instead of being sycophant of the govt. Thank you mam a lot ❤️

In my society there is a woman who is principal of school earns rs.50000 can't write an application Magic of SC,ST AND OBC Quota 👍

I am in 10 standard now. Seeing all this makes me feel more Tensed .

Without naming and unlike the others undesirable news channels. Because of great news broadcasting I've switched to WION specially to listen Mss. Upadhyaya madam.

All college should take entrances exam for 2021 pass students Here in my state student with 99% doesn't even knows his subjects name

India needs to introduce the concept of Community Colleges.

"Reservation" please make a episode on this topic too.

The saddest part of it all is till you leave college you mug up outdated textbooks for high grades and you are not left with any time to learn modern skills to to get into a good relevant job. That is why most recruiters are IT companies they select those they can train and then give 2-3 months of intensive career oriented training.

That is why bright students are going out of india and studying and then they work there,😏

Well I remember being disappointed by not getting in the college I wanted despite scoring 92but … having a good SOP, creative personal essays, achievements in extracurriculars such as sports and drama ( which my parents hated me for), and my experience waiting tables, and raw interviews got me into Cambridge. Here in India, extracurricular stuff gets you nowhere and now no one can debate the 100percent du college is better than… I mean we need citizens of the world not meticulously drafted excel sheets. Idc if the person reading this can’t go to Cambridge like I did ( fyi took a student loan) but remember this- do everything, try everything and work on your personality, understand changing perspectives, don’t be afraid to ask questions and learn how to learn things.

Marks is everything until the graduation after graduation we all knew the reality

Just make JEE mains type exam. All 100 percentage people will see real exam 🤣🤣

The whole admission procedure is a big giant mess. I mean 100℅ cutoffs?. And what about brilliant students from boards like ICSE and CBSE who don't award marks on a platter. ICSE would never award 100℅ marks to any student. Which ultimately means toppers who do not belong to mediocre boards won't be getting admitted to the prestigious University. High time, du opts for ET based admissions.

The scores based on the internal assessments were veeryyyyy highly moderated , I'd never scored more than 83% in chemistry in class 12 and in my final mark sheet I had scored 93 Students who had failed in many exams previously had scored 80%

This is our country. Politicians fighting over religion, while students like me struggle to get in a medical college even after working their ass off for 3 years On top of that, if you are a general category student in a high scoring state, lord save you I would also like to point out how *entrance exams* never offer a holistic development. I was a person who loved reading books of all genres, outside the school curriculum, debating, poetry and participating in Model United Nations discussing world affairs but since last three years, I haven't done any of this. I lost all my social skills. I did enjoy studying science, but it robbed me of my other interests. I know writing a long paragraph won't change anything but I feel so frustrated, I decided to write this. I guess it's a crime to be an average hardworking student in this country. Edit- once again reservation shattered my dream of studying in IISER. I got 3.8k rank in IAT(IISER admission test) whearas cutoff for general is 3.5k. On other hand cutoffs for OBC is 6k and SC and ST goes upto 21k. I feel broken. So close yet so far. Waiting for my neet results now. Hope I get something there 2022 edit -> Finally a medico 😁 joined mbbs

You have expressed the heart and soul of thousands deserving but excluded students

Or perhaps open more colleges? Populations have grown in every country but not the amount of higher learning places.

That's why amount of student going abroad for study increase drastically

I'm CA Finalist, failed in 2nd attempt also because couldn't secured 40 marks in Audit out of 100. Now preparing for 3rd attempt. 😭😢

The most laughable, apathetic remark is of Delhi HC in response to one student's anguish.

The NEP should focus on all these challenges and reform accordingly. Admitting student's on merit basis is too biased and violates the true principle of education , to quote it is like a boat trying to row upward stream.

No exams this time around, random marking yet a 100 percent cut off, students are not getting admission based on merit, the admission process is a pure charade.

Channels like Wion make sure that YES Sanity is their in the Media World…And coming up with Topics like these which are really “SENSITIVE” in every manner is REAL NEWS…Kudos…

There are many students who didn't got 100% , but only with 80% they are are better than this robots in terms of Confidence and other life skills...

Many of these colleges come nowhere close to many IITs & NITs. Still having guts to ask for 100%. Even IITs & NITs do not demand such extraordinary percentage. Although they have their own criteria of selecting students on the basis of entrance exam but that is a far better way of selection.

Very timely and appropriate. Children are being put in pressure cooker. Government should come up with a solution like start ups from school itself and build entrepreneurs

One of the rare moments when Palki Sharma compliments the American system.

India must increase the number of universities present and the quality of education that poor people will get

This makes me (an average student) even more hopeless of a fruitful career.

i believe a common entrance test this year would have worked out considering there wasn't any legitimate exam held. could have been an exception

‘Evaluate the evaluators’ cannot agree more. The subjects and the learning needs to manoeuver as per student’s likeliness where they don’t have maths, commerce biology and some other basic subjects as options to select from. The education system needs to revise and restore.

I failed in class 12 in my second attempt i got 48%, today i m a Chartered Accountant

And some indians say people who study in foreign universities are non patriotic when they don't want to take cookie while it's crumbling 🤦🤦

Everything she said is what needs to reach everyone. And a solution is needed. 100% is what they expect. What next? And marks are not even based on the exams we've appeared for. A student is ultimately losing, and then mental health is not really a thing in our country.

Chid : Dad I got 100% in the Exams Parents: Hmm, You could have done well if you'd studied 1 hour more on 11th November 2019's Night.

Me : 99.97% DU : 0.3% Low 😱, Your marks are significantly low, application rejected...😑😑😑

This was so on point. I feel like crying not because I know I'll not get into DU but because I know thatit will make my parents sad.

I am a student in Azim Premji University in Banglore, and I just wanted to bring attention to the amazing work this university is doing. It is still very expensive from the general perspective, but much much less than some of the other universities offering the same level of education, and with its massive scholarships and non-profit agenda, it is a huge step in the right direction for Indian Higher Education.

The Court “Sometimes, as you grow, you have to take the cookie as it crumbles.” Get the granite ready people. That’s one for the jurisprudence ages. 😂

First of all they are not students. They are the product of a system that manufactures robots in an assembly line. Fit for good monotonous skills with high lack of creativity. To score that high one mostly compromises his/her creative side which is the biggest gift one can receive from the creator.

and then they have to audacity to say "Why are there so many suicides among young people ? "

And this is the exact reason you need to clear entrance exams to get into IITs and Medical colleges.

The government should start interfering with this because education is really important for a healthy society . And I also thank palki ma’am for pointing out the general category problems

I did my 12th from cbse here in Dubai got 62% this year 🙂most Indian university in Dubai didn’t gave any scholarship then I went for British university university of west London and they gave me almost 20% scholarship and after scholarship it’s cheaper then indian university 🙂

JEE and NEET should also be scrapped. Have only one exam to get admission in any course , such as SAT after 12th. Spend time on every application and then decide, which one too take or reject.

This madness happens when marks becom more important than knowledge. Even in DU these colleges dont teach exceptional, most of the courses have no Imparting of practical knowledge, focus is just on SGPA, theory and question solving ,although practicals still exist for name sake. Noone is bothered about skills and what industry wants from graduates. These colleges are just giving degrees. ~2020 passout of HANSRAJ COLLEGE

Even after getting 90% you are unable to get admission in honurs course.

I was glad to see at least someone is looking to student problems in India.ಠ︵ಠ

Your way of articulating such overlooked issues in such a great manner is what makes you who you are !

There was this UPSC interview where they asked the candidate, what hurdle might you face for not getting through. For me it'd definitely be being a general category student

We get less marks than expected because of our school reputation.

Excellent video and of course your passionate presentation is world class. You do the research, you show the facts. You never ever make a video presentation without intimately knowing the subject matter that you are speaking about. Professional and with the utmost integrity. Thank you for another of your incredible videos.

It feels really good to see media talking about issues which really matters🙂

Now toppers are jokes. And 90 per cent means fail 😂

2 Child Policy... Uniform Civil Code... New Education Policy... Really needed urgently

I cleared the English honors cutoff for DU back in 2017, which was 97, but then they decided to add Chetan Bhagat in the popular literature studies.

I'm from Spain, two of my friends tried her and immediately she gave her client a clear and nice attention

Yes I got 89 % in 2019 CBSE boards, I am going to be a MBBS student now. I am proud of that not being a part of this Year Ratrace where no exams were taken.

It’s so unfair to ICSE/ISC-CBSE students (especially ICSE/ISC). State boards like from Kerala award marks like crap…

India need to build more colleges Politicians should take this seriously

the court spoke to her as if she was a primary student wtf.

Being a general student in india is a curse...

Yes, the internal assessments were biased, I'll tell you why. Actually, I passed my CBSE class 12th from Sunbeam school(a well-known group of schools) in 2021. Our marks were based on how we performed from class 10th to 12th. I had 80% marks in class 10th and class 11th was interrupted by the covid-19 pandemic so the exams didn't take place completely. And class 12th internal markings were totally biased because I didn't have very good relations with teachers as I always argued when they were wrong and when we were beaten(we had very psycho teachers) and that's the only reason I was awarded 59.5% and one thing will shock you and that's the story of my friends who cheated from my exam sheets they got 89% and 86% just because one of them has his mother teaching in that school and one of them took teachers in a popular restaurant for a pizza party and ransomed him nearly 5000 rupees(I'll not disclose their names but I had their recordings but unfortunately they got misplaced, but I can get it out of their mouth again). And it's not just only 2 boys most of the students who licked teachers' assess got full marks, that is how this system works, believe me, my friend doesn't even know fundamental science, English or anything to get that many marks but still this fucking loophole in this system sucks. I know how it feels, I'm not sad cuz' i didn't get numbers but I'm not from such a rich family to spend unnecessary money, so I wanted to get into a government college for higher studies but with numbers such as that no government college would take me in. Fed up from this wicked system I took admission to a private college but not in a course I wanted to opt but for any study, to raise concern against this wicked system through filmmaking after my graduation.

In India competition getting tougher day by day, doing graduation out side from India is much easier then Top Indian universities.

You raised a very serious question, and we believe that India need reforms in education system so that each and every student gets a fair chance to educate... Ironically Indian media is not raising and talking about such basic and necessary things but, busy in conducting hindu - muslim debates on national channels instead...

Palki - can you please follow-up this story with list of good colleges in each state and their cutoffs. We know in each state there are colleges which are well known and has a history of producing greats for eg.Sanskrit, Benares Hindu, Mayos, Presidency, Ethiraj, Christ, University College and so many. Everyone need not come to Delhi to study.

In 2018 i score 105 marks in JEE mains and my neighbor got 57 marks in JEE mains. He got NIT rourkela because he is from sc category while i end up in 3 tier engineering college. This hurts more💔.

This way Kerala momin will take 90% of space in Delhi University ??????

Damn this is kinda journalism we need. As always Palki nailed it. Thanks win for raising this very important issue

How the epitome of law in our country told an 18 yr young girl that she has to deal with the inequality shoved up to the throats of general category.

I'm a JEE dropper from general category and after watching this video I broke down into tears ... Don't know why though 😞

In 2020, I scored 96% in 12th, science, but my name was no where to be seen in the 1st list. This year marks are given in bulk without exams, so understandable.

"india needs colleges that are intuned with industries." can't agree more

Even IIT doesn't want 100 percent they just want u to pass the iit jee entrance exam and then we have this 🤡🤡🤡

everyone who has been to a private cbse school knows how teachers give full internal marks like its chutney

My lord, she tore apart the feudal education system we have universities and colleges still following. She slammed the structure in the best possible fashion. Bow!! I really hope it brings some change, if not a massive one. We need students, not robots!

When i scored 93% in my 12th everyone was congratulating me, i put a happy face in front of everyone but i knew it didn't worth anything.

100% cutoff? Considering I scored 83% in my 10th standard, that too without the 10th exams in 2020-21 due to COVID-19, I am doomed.

Thank you mam for raising such kind of issues...govt don't have such kind of mindset... it's really horrible situation...