School of Open Learning online admissions

Online admissions at the School of Open Learning (SOL), Delhi University (DU), are on till March 31. HC Pokhriyal, executive director, SOL says that students who are appearing for their first, second or third year papers in undergraduate courses and will be taking their exam from April to June this year, can avail of the system.

"Students can register themselves online and save time, money, transportation costs and register at their convenience. In all, three lakh students will benefit from this move," he adds.

In order to register, says Madhvi, in-charge, computer, SOL, students need to log on through the SOL roll number and fill in details such as name, valid email id and mobile number. One can then select the papers s/he wishes to opt for. The roll number remains the same till the student graduates.

The gateway for payments and fee transactions is the State Bank of India (SBI). Students can pay the examination fee through debit or credit cards.

She adds that around 300 students have registered themselves online.

"We are also planning to tie up with power jyoti, which is a programme of SBI. This is best suited for students who want to avail of the online facility but don't have credit/debit cards. Through this, students can fill in their details, get themselves registered on the SOL website and get the challan printed from the SOL website at the same time. Students need to take the challan to any branch of SBI in any part of India and deposit the fee in SBI. Payment details will be automatically updated at SOL by the data sent by SBI within the next working day. Students can take a printout of the receipt and exam form and post it to SOL," says Madhvi.

Those who are not comfortable registering themselves online, can register offline.