CGC Jhanjeri Director Urges UGC & AICTE to Extend Cut-off Date of Admissions for the Session 2023-24

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Mohali, Sept.10, 2023:-Chandigarh group of Colleges, Jhanjeri Campus Executive Director Dr. Neeraj sharma urged University Grants Commission (UGC) All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi to extend the cut -off date of admission for technical courses in all approved colleges to 31^st October.

Dr. Neeraj sharma said that everyone are aware of the fact that flood in entire North India specially in Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand & part of Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir etc. have affected everyone severely and students couldn't apply for various courses due to no connectivity with other states. Not only this, more than 300 roads remain disconnected with the other parts of the country for more than a month in Himachal, mentioned Dr. Sharma.

He further added that the aspiring students from North East also could not apply for their dream courses due to disturbance in the region. The curfew & non availability of internet was there for a long time in Manipur. Keeping all these facts in mind the last date for admission should be extended for 2 months at least, they added. For the session 2022-23 as per AICTE's academic calendar the last date of admission was 30th Oct & as per UGC notification number F. No. 1-12/2022 (DB), the last date was 31st October.

This year, the students are worried  for the session 2023-24 because  the last date to apply for various courses is 15th Sep, 2023 & lakhs of students will not be able to get the seats due to above mentioned reasons.