State-level participation must for sports quota admission

Vikas Sharma

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Tribune News Service

Jammu, June 20

After alleged reports that some aspirants, in order to seek admission to various colleges, have obtained national-level participation certificates through direct participation and not competed in domestic-level competitions, educational institutes have started verifying the certificates before giving admissions.

Sources claimed that the decision to verify the participation of students at the domestic level was taken after it came to the fore that in most of the educational institutes, particularly in professional colleges, aspirants had managed to seek admission on the basis of the participation in national-level sports.

“Proper verification of certificates is being done by all institutes before giving admissions. If a student has participated in School National Games then it is obvious that he must have participated in inter-school/inter-district competitions conducted by the Department of Youth Services and Sports (DYSS),” an official claimed.

“Earlier, some of the aspirants managed to secure admission on the basis of national-level participation certificates without playing at the district and the state level. But now, educational institutes are confirming whether the candidate has participated in state-level competitions before participating at the national level. If he/she fails to produce the required certificates, the aspirant will not be eligible for admission,” the official said.

“My daughter has been selected in a polytechnic on the sports quota/national level participation but when we went to the college to seek admission, the management asked us to produce the participation certificates of the inter-zone, inter-school, inter-district competitions conducted by the DYSS,” said Joginder, a parent. 

“This is a good step by the government because it will help the genuine candidates to seek admission in educational institutes/professional colleges which was not possible earlier. It is understandable that if any sportsperson has represented the country then he should have first participated at the state level but earlier, the aspirants managed to seek admission in colleges on the basis of the national-level participation. Unfortunately, the institutes too did not bother to look into it,” said Sikander, a parent.