as delhi university prepares for the admission season in july there is a lack of clarity on the procedures to be followed vatsala shrangi reports since the last few years delhi university du admissions has been an issue in 2011 when preregistrations were scrapped students could walk in to any college match their cutoff marks and get admission this gave rise to the issue of excess admissions in most du colleges with this in mind a 16member panel was formed by the university last november to review and recommend an admission policy for 201213 according to sk garg principal deen dayal upadhyaya college and convenor of the panel a centralised registration system is likely to be followed for admissions 201213 as scrapping of preregistrations last year had created issues the panel has agreed that decentralisation of the registration process will be a retrograde step which will lead to hardships for both students and parents if they have to go to individual colleges for registration while most teachers across colleges claim that the scrapping of the preregistration system was a failed attempt on part of the varsity there are few who believe it was a better option according to some teachers however a decentralised system where each college registers candidates using their individual application forms is the best way forward karen gabriel department of english st stephens college says last year admissions were a complete chaos it left students parents and even colleges in panic till the last moment colleges should be allowed to do their own registrations it gives them a fair idea of the number of applications and the preference of courses gs chilana department of chemistry ramjas college however feels that there is no point in preregistration for a long time i have maintained the stand that preregistration is a waste of time and resources as no college considers applications before coming out with the cutoff list in my view the admission system followed in the last year should be continued last year students were also not aware of the combination of courses available across colleges leading to some confusion this year the university has asked colleges to send a list of coursecombinations offered by them within april 30 says a du official on condition of anonymity sports admissions in 2011 were also fraught with issues with the university conducting centralised trials to amend that the panel has recommended decentralising sports trials this year under this each college will have to individually hold the trials for each particular sport further the panel has also suggested revising the eligibility criteria for some courses like bcom honours and economics honours so as to include mathematics as a compulsory subject which most colleges insist upon as for intercollege migrations the panel recommends that no migration should be permitted in the second and third years teachers feel that the migration clause is irrational and antistudent dinesh c varshney deputy dean south campus du says the admission