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March 2010 / Times of India / Delhi Edition |
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DU plans joint test for BBE, BBS & BFIA
COMMON ENTRANCE
New Delhi: Delhi University will conduct joint entrance test for bachelor of business studies (BBS), bachelor of business economics (BBE) and bachelor of financial investment and analysis (BFIA) courses from this year onwards. However, students who have not studied maths in class XII will not be eligible to apply in any of these courses from this
academic year.
The application procedure has also been made online. Forms will be available online from April 5 to May 4. The joint entrance test for all the three courses will be held on June 6 in Delhi, Chandigarh, Lucknow and Kolkata.
According to DU officials, nearly 15,000 students applied for these courses last year. ‘‘Last year several of the candidates applied for more than one course, and the content of the BBE and BBS entrance tests was mostly the same. So there is no point in students taking a similar test twice and then later sit for the counselling separately,’’ said Rashmi Aggarwal, head of department, BBE.
While BBE is offered in 10 colleges in DU, BBS is taught in three colleges — Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College, Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies and Keshav Mahavidyala. BFIA is offered in only Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies.
For students of commerce who do not study maths in classes XI and XII, BBS has so far been a much sought-after option after BCom. For all other courses for commerce students — BCom (honours), BA (honours) economics, BBE and BFIA — only students who have studied maths in class XII are eligible.
S K Garg, principal of Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College, said, ‘‘Over the years, we have seen that those who apply without having studied maths in class XII are few in number. There are two papers of maths and statistics in BBS and those without maths often find it difficult to cope with the syllabus.’’
‘‘We are adding more of mathematics in BBS as the syllabus is under revision. Maths helps students pick up quantitative skills,’’ Garg added.
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