Day One of the three-day fitness trials at Delhi University for admission through sports quota saw a rush today with 1,500 students queueing up at the varsity's polo ground to test their luck.
"A total of 900 boys and 600 girls appeared today for the central fitness test for sports quota admissions. There are two more days for the trials and the candidates can drop in on any of the days and appear for the test," DU Sports Council Secretary, Anil Kumar Kalkal said.
The University reserves 5 per cent seats in all colleges under the sports and extra-curricular quota.
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 basis of performance in trials and achievement certificates.
Until last year, the candidates had to visit all the colleges they were seeking admission to and they often used to miss out on few opportunities with two or more colleges conducting their trials on the same day.
Keeping the same in mind, the varsity has made the process two-tier. While a centralised fitness test is being conducted by the varsity's sports council, the ones qualifying will appear for sports-specific trial 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 will have to qualify either 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 biasness, the entire process is being videotaped and students can raise their concerns if any with the grievance committee.
