Combined Journalism Entrance Test, C-JET 2011, University of Delhi

B.A. (Hons.) Journalism

Exam State Exam Date Last Date
All India 19 Jun 2011 05 Jun 2011


Exam Details: Admission Requirements: - Candidates are required to deposit the following to the respective College office when they take admission to the B.A. (Hons.) Journalism course:

· Fees payable in cash.

· Two passport size coloured photographs

· Character Certificate by the head of the institution last attended.

· All original certificates

1. Class X certificate as evidence of Date of Birth

2. Marks Statement of Class XII

3. Category certificate (for Reserved Categories) along with one attested photocopy of each of the above documents.



Seats Available:-



College
General
SC
ST
OBC
Total

Delhi College of Arts and Commerce
16
05
02
08
31

Kalindi College
23
07
03
12
45*

Kamla Nehru College
19
06
03
11
39

Lady Shri Ram College
12
03
02
06
23

Maharaja Agrasen College
23
07
03
12
45*




*Total Seats at Kalindi College and Maharaja Agrasen College are 46 which include 1 seat each for PWD Category 3



Additional Seats for following Categories

1. 5% of the total seats will be offered to the foreign students.

2. 5% of the total seats will be offered to CW(Children/Widow/Wives of the officers and men of the armed forces, including paramilitary personnel, killed / died / disabled in action or on duty) category.

3. 3% seats are reserved for Person with Disability (PWD) candidates.

· 1, 2 and 3 are supernumerary.

· The seat matrix may be revised every year as per the directive of the University of Delhi regarding reservation.

Explanations

· All seats shall be filled through an open competition except the foreign students

· All efforts shall be made to make sure that no seat remains vacant. However, under no circumstances a candidate shall be admitted to the course later than 16th August 2011.

· Reserved category students may refer to reservation guidelines provided.



Last date for the submission of application forms: 05th June, 2011 (Sunday) by 00:00 hrs

Date of Entrance test (C-JET) 19th June, 2011 (Sunday) at 9:30am to 12noon

Eligibility: Eligibility conditions for seeking admission to B. A. (Hons.) Journalism

1. The candidate should have either passed or appeared in the Senior Secondary School Examination of CBSE or any other examination considered equivalent by the University of Delhi. The candidate should secure an aggregate of at least 70% marks in his/her class XII examination (65% for SC, ST, CW and PWD categories) in best of four papers including English and three other academic subjects as specified by the University of Delhi*. The candidate should also have secured at least 60% marks in English.

* List of academic subjects as specified by the University of Delhi. All academic subjects specified by Delhi University Admission Bulletin, except fashion studies, shall be taken into consideration for calculating the best four. Academic subjects are: Hindi Core, English Core, Hindi Elective, English Elective/Functional English, Other languages, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Engineering Drawing, Economics, Political Science, History, Geography, Business Studies, Accountancy, Home Science, Fine Arts, Agriculture, Computer Science, Informatics Practices, Sociology, Psychology, Philosophy, Physical Education, Music, Dance, Entrepreneurship, Biotechnology, Web and Multi-Media Technology. No vocational subject will be taken for calculation in the best four. If a student has both English core and English Elective/Functional English both could be considered while calculating the best four.

2. The candidate should have obtained pass mark in each of the four papers considered for computing the aggregate in the above mentioned subjects.

3. The candidate must produce the confirmed result and mark sheet of the qualifying examination on the day of the Personal Interview to be eligible for the process of admission to the Journalism course. Candidates who do not have the confirmed mark sheet will not be entertained under any circumstances.

4. The reserved category certificates of OBC (of Central List & non creamy layer), SC, ST, PWD, and CW, as applicable, in the name of the candidate, must be produced on the day of the interview.

5. Compartment cases of current year will not be considered for admission.

6. Candidates who have appeared in the class XII examination in 2011 and who repeat a paper for improvement to gain eligibility shall not be considered for admission in the current year.

7. Foreign nationals seeking admission to B. A. (Hons.) Journalism against the prescribed quota of seats earmarked for them, shall have to apply through the Foreign Students Advisor, C/o Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi, Delhi - 110 007 and are exempted from the written examination and Interview.

8. Those foreign students who have acquired their minimum qualification for admission from any Indian Board, in India have to apply directly as General category candidate. They have to appear for the entrance test like general category candidates and follow the same selection process as applicable to general category and in addition fill up the foreign student application form of FSR office (downloadable from: www.du.ac.in/forms/foreignstudents1.pdf. All admission of foreign students are channeled through the Foreign Students Registry (FSR) office of University of Delhi.



Selection Process

1. Written Joint Entrance Test

Applicants shall be called for an objective type multiple choice as well as subjective type test which shall be held in Delhi.

The written examination is designed to test the aptitude of the candidates to pursue the B.A. (Hons.) Journalism course. There is no prescribed syllabus or format for the entrance examination. The following areas have been usually included in the entrance examination in the past.

1. Objective multiple choice questions on

o General Awareness

o Current Affairs

2. Subjective

o Language/Writing Skills

o Book/Film review

o Critical analysis of contemporary media

o Comments/ essay on contemporary issues

The test shall be of 2:30 hours duration, extra time will be given to the candidates for filling up details on test booklet and answer sheet, marking attendance, verification of candidates’ documents, distribution, and collection of test material etc. The candidate should report at their respective examination centres latest by 9 am on the day of the test. The examination will start at 9:30 am and the booklet will be collected at 12:00 noon. The test booklet will have both the subjective and objective questions. There will be space specified in the booklet itself to answer the subjective questions. Since the candidates will have to answer the objective questions on the OMR sheet they should bring pencils and erasers with themselves and follow the instructions accordingly. The scheme of examination may be changed on the recommendation of the admission committee.

The subjective part of the booklet will be evaluated only of those candidates/examinee who obtain qualifying marks in the objective test as decided by the admission committee.

2. Interview: Candidates shall be called for the interview based on the performance in the written test and Class XII marks.

3. Final selection: Final Selection will be made for all categories on the following basis:



Course
Written Exam
XII Result
Interview

B.A. (Hons.) Journalism
50%
35%
15%




4. Counseling and Admission of candidates: The candidates shall be allotted the respective colleges as per their merit and the choice of preference given at the time of counseling. Candidates offered admission are required to deposit the course fees (as applicable) on the same day or as per the allocated time along with their documents in their respective college, failing which his/her candidature will be cancelled. Candidates who do not take admission during the stipulated time lose the right of admission to the college. Candidates not present when called to the counseling will not be entertained later. At the second and third counseling, admitted candidates will be permitted a change of college subject to availability of seats. To avail any change in their college preference, the candidate should have necessarily deposited fees and fulfilled the remaining admission formalities by the allocated time in their respective college, failing which the candidate loses right to admission as well as a right to exercise any choice later.Right to exercise choice for admission and any change of preference for college will be offered to only those candidates who are present on all the days of counseling specified for their ranks. In case the candidate is unable to be present on the day of counseling an authorized representative of the candidate can exercise the preference for college and meet other admission requirements. An application to this effect signed by the candidate should be submitted to the admission committee.

How To Apply: You require the following in order to apply:

1. A working and valid Email ID. This will be your login name. You will also receive information on this Email ID. You may choose any password.

2. The scanned digital copy of a recent passport size colour photograph.

3. Debit/Credit card in case you wish to make online payment.

4. Application fee can also be deposited at select branches of Axis Bank in India after successfully completing the Online Registration.

5. A mobile phone number is desirable. Notice will also be sent through SMS on the mobile phone if you so desire.



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Application Fees: - The application fee structures for candidates applying for admission to the course will be as follows:



Category
Course

GEN/OBC
Rs. 700

SC/ST/PWD
Rs. 350

CW
Rs. 500

Foreign Students(FS)
$ 200




Notes:



(a) Total fee will be charged at the time of applying online.

(b) Application processing fee @ U.S. $ 200 (or its equivalent) shall be charged from all foreign applicants except the applicants from SAARC Countries who will be charged Rs.500. This may change subject to University of Delhi revising the same.

(c) No case of refund shall be entertained until double payment has been mode for a single application form.

Important Dates: Schedule of Journalism Entrance (C-JET)



1.
Availability of applications forms:
May 20, 2011 (Friday) 00:00hrs

2.
Last date for the submission of application forms:
June 5, 2011 (Sunday) by 00:00 hrs

3.
Date of Entrance test (C-JET)
June 19,2011 (Sunday) at 9:30am to 12noon

4.
Declaration of results of written test:
June 29, 2011 (Thursday) by 16:00 hrs

5.
Interview:
July 2, 2011 to July 8, 2011

6.
Declaration of final result:
July 11,2011 by 16:00 hrs

7.
1st Counselling and admission
July 14, 2011 to July 16, 2011

8.
2nd Counselling and admission:
July 18, 2011 to July 20, 2011

9.
3rd Counselling and admission (if required):
July 21, 2011 to July 23, 2011

*Please note that candidates must report to their respective centres latest by 9:00 a.m.


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