Delhi College opened the CSAS admission portal, admission.uod.ac.in, on Tuesday, to fill a complete of 71,624 UG seats via CUET UG counselling 2025.
Delhi College has come underneath scrutiny after the CSAS UG utility kind 2025 listed ‘Muslim’ underneath the mom tongue class – a obtrusive error that conflates faith with language. The omission of Urdu, extensively spoken language by Muslims within the northern area, has additional fueled public outcry, with teachers, college students, and others expressing issues about cultural insensitivity.
The error within the DU UG form was identified by Abha Dev Habib, Democratic Academics’ Entrance (DTF) basic secretary in a Fb put up.
“The DU registration kind for undergraduate admissions couldn’t be extra Islamophobic. Below “Mom Tongue”, the shape omits Urdu solely whereas itemizing “Muslim” as a mom tongue. Is it past DU’s understanding that Muslims communicate the identical languages as others from their areas? The omission is although Urdu is listed as an formally recognised language within the Eighth Schedule of the Indian Structure,” the put up learn.
“How can a central college publish such a kind? This displays a profound dumbing down motivated by a communal mindset. It must be condemned, accountability have to be fastened and correction with apology should be made instantly,” she added.
DU UG CSAS portal erroneously listed ‘Muslim’ underneath mom tongue class.
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Errors in DU CSAS UG utility kind
Social media customers shortly began reacting to the goof-up within the DU kind. An X person shared the screenshot and claimed: “That is the web site of Delhi College the place Muslims have been faraway from the minority class and solely Christians & Sikhs have been saved.”
‘Muslim minority not listed’. (Supply: X)
One other wrote: “That is Islamophobia…. Uproar over Urdu in DU admission kind; Urdu faraway from the mom tongue part and phrases like ‘Muslim’, Dehati, Chamaar included.”
“We have now eliminated ‘Muslim’ and added Urdu. We do not know the way it occurred. There are such a lot of languages; there might have been an oversight,” The Federal quoted dean admission Haneet Gandhi as saying.
The error within the DU CSAS utility kind 2025 has been rectified, the college reportedly stated. The college has opened the CSAS admission portal, admission.uod.ac.in, on June 17, to fill a complete of 71,624 seats.
