new delhi delhi university is likely to take a decision by next week on cbses request to reconsider deducting marks of students who opted for informatics practices in class xii du had earlier announced it would deduct 25 from the aggregate marks of applicants who studied ip as an elective subject the university is waiting for the dean of students welfare who is currently not in delhi to return so that they can convene a meeting to discuss the matter according to the joint dean of students welfare and media coordinator malay neerav any request for change in the university guidelines received from cbse or any other recognized board is dealt with by the admissions committee which is yet to meet the cbse had last week termed the universitys decision unfair and discriminatory in a letter to du vc dinesh singh cbse chairman vineet joshi had said dus decision would put many students at a disadvantage as they have been made aware of the decision at a very late stage joshi added that cbse treats all computer courses on a par with elective subjects parents have called dus decision discriminatory and believe the university should have announced this earlier i fail to understand how such a callous and mindless decision can be taken at this juncture why should a child be penalized in this manner had we known about this two years back we would have opted for another subject when cbse does not discriminate between the subjects why should du dus prospectus categorically states any subject with 70 theory component and 30 practical component will be treated as an academicelective subject so why is there so much confusion surrounding ip which is 70 theory asked anju joshi a parent